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ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR WORK!
Forms and Tables:
Forms and tables are two powerful tools that will help make your site look wonderful
and work affectively for you!
If you take a look at your pages in FrontPage, you will
notice that it is made up of boxes. And if you look at your pages in your browser,
you will notice that your pages all line up! This is the power of tables.
Tables allow you to line up different types of text in different ways to give your
pages a finished look!
To make a table, go to TABLE then INSERT. FrontPage
will then prompt you for the number of rows and columns you wish your table to have.
Don't worry, you can also add or delete rows and columns later as well as merge
then and split them!
How do I make a form?
Below are step by step directions for making a form. To make your form look
nice, they incorporate a table to make your form line up perfectly.
- Go to the place on your page where you want to put the form.
- From the drop downs choose INSERT -- FORM FIELD --
ONE-LINE (actually any choice here is good)
- Then delete the reset, submit boxes and form field leaving a
dashed lined box.
- Now, I like to insert a table here to keep things lined
up. So, insert a table but make sure your cursor is inside the dashed box ... I
usually use a two column one. The left column for the subheadings like name, email,
etc. And the right column for the form boxes.
Then type your subheading on the left hand
side. On the right side insert your form boxes...INSERT -- FORM FIELD -- then
whatever you need (text box, check box, etc.) On the last line of the form, INSERT
-- FORM FIELD -- BUTTON.
Now, your form is basically done but lets do a little fixing!
First, right mouse click over each form field, button, and box. Then choose FORM
FIELD PROPERTIES. This allows you to change the name of your form rather then the
strange letter/number combo FP names it. Here you can also change the length of your
field if you are using a text box, input an initial value in, or check a box if using a
check box. Also for the button at the bottom, change that to a submit box the same
way.
Now where does your info go and what does it look like?
Right mouse click somewhere on your form and
now pick FORM PROPERTIES. Here you can change the name of the file where your info
goes. Please make sure it is a .htm file. I'll explain in a moment!
Before you close this box, choose
OPTIONS. On the FILE RESULTS TAB under FILE OPTIONS choose HTML. This will
allow you to view your form info easier! This will also allow you to choose how your
info can be viewed...new stuff first or old stuff first.
Then when you are done click OK. And
OK again. And your form is done.
ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR WORK!
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