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Web Pages

• Change the Web Page Background Color
• Add a Picture to the Web Page Background
• Change the Web Page Title
• Create a Home Page for a Web Site
• Create a New Web Page
• Delete a Web Page
• Preview a Web Page in Internet Explorer
• Refresh a Web Page in Internet Explorer
• Rename a Web Page
• Switch Between Open Web Pages

Change the Web Page Background Color

To change the Web page background color:

1. Right-click on the Web page and select Page Properties. The Page Properties window appears.
    
2. Click on the Formatting tab.
    
3. Under Colors, click on the Background down arrow and select More Colors. The More Colors window appears.
    
4. Click on the desired color.
    
5. Click on the OK button twice to return to the Web page. The background color changes.

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Add a Picture to the Web Page Background

To add a picture to the Web page background:

1. Copy and paste the picture file that you want to add into the images or graphics folder.
    
2. Right-click on the Web page and select Page Properties. The Page Properties window appears.
    
3. Click on the Formatting tab.
    
4. Under Background, click on the Browse button. The Select Background Picture window appears.
    
5. Open the images or graphics folder.
    
6. Click on the file that you want to add.
    
7. Click on the Open button.
    
8. Click on the OK button. The picture appears on the Web page background.

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Change the Web Page Title

To change the Web page title:

1. Right-click on the page and select Page Properties. The Page Properties window appears.
    
2. On the General tab, in the Title field, change the Web page title.
    
3. Click on the OK button. The Web page title is changed.

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Create a Home Page for a Web Site

To create a home page for a Web site:

1. Open the main Web site folder in FrontPage. (For more information, see Open a Web Site.)
    
2. Click on the Create a new normal page toolbar button. A new Web page appears.
    
3. Click on the Save toolbar button. The Save As window appears.
    
4. In the File name field, enter default or index (use all lower case letters).
   
   Note: The home page file name must be either default or index or it won't display when you try to access the Web site from a browser.
    
5. Click on the Change title button. The Set Page Title window appears.
    
6. In the Page title field, enter a title for the home page.
   
   Note: The page title is the text that displays on the title bar at the top of the browser window. You may use spaces and upper and lower case letters for the page title.
    
7. Click on the Save toolbar button. The home page appears in the Folder List.

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Create a New Web Page

To create and save a new Web page:

1. Click on the Create a new normal page toolbar button. A new Web page appears.
   
   Note: You can also create a new Web page by pressing Ctrl + N.
    
2. Click on the Save  toolbar button. The Save As window appears.
    
3. In the File name field, enter a file name for the Web page. (Use lower case letters and separate words with hyphens or periods).
   
   Note: Web page file names can be whatever you'd like, except for the home page. The home page file name must be either default or index or it won't display when you try to access the Web site from a browser.
    
4. Click on the Change title button. The Set Page Title window appears.
    
5. In the Page title field, enter a title for the Web page.
   
   Note: The page title is the text that displays on the title bar at the top of the browser window. You may use spaces and upper and lower case letters for the page title.
    
6. Click on the Save button. The Web page appears in the Folder List.

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Delete a Web Page

To delete a Web page:

1. In the Folder List, right-click on the Web page that you want to delete and select Delete. A message displays that asks whether you want to delete the file.
    
2. Click on the Yes button. The Web page is deleted.

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Preview a Web Page in Internet Explorer

To preview a Web page in Internet Explorer:

1. Save the Web page.
    
2. Click on the Preview in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 toolbar button. Internet Explorer opens and displays the Web page.
   
   Note: You can also preview a Web page in Internet Explorer by pressing Ctrl + Shift + B.

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Refresh a Web Page in Internet Explorer

If you make a change to a Web page and don't see it when you view the page in your browser, then it may be because you need to refresh the Web page. (Refreshing the Web page causes the latest version of the Web page to load and display in the browser window.)

To refresh a Web page in Internet Explorer:

1. Click on the Refresh toolbar button. The latest version of the Web page displays.
   
   Note: You can also refresh a page in Internet Explorer by pressing F5.

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Rename a Web Page

To rename a Web page:

1. In the Folder List, right-click on the Web page that you want to rename and select Rename.
    
2. Enter the new file name along with the .htm extension (e.g., mypage.htm).
   
   Note: If you do not include the .htm extension on the end of the file name, then you will not be able to open the Web page.
    
3. Press the Enter key. The Web page is renamed.

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Switch Between Open Web Pages

To switch between open Web pages, press and hold the Ctrl key and then press the Tab key.

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