Formatting

Formatting your text and using color goes a long way to making your Web pages or presentations unique and interesting. Add images, horizontal lines, tables, and links and you start to understand why the Web has attracted so much attention. These elements are the stuff of the Web page.
There are two types of format styles available to you in FrontPage Express:

• Paragraph formats: includes heading levels and alignment options, and affects all paragraph in the selected block of text.
• Character formats: includes font types, styles, sizes, and colors

Paragraph Formats

Paragraph formatting affects all paragraphs in the selection, or the paragraph in which the insertion point is located.

• Select the text and then choose a paragraph style and/or alignment option from the Format Tools toolbar.
• Select the text and then choose an item from the Format menu (or in Windows, right-click the selected text and then choose Paragraph Properties from the pop-up menu).

Headings 1-6

Headings divide sections of text. HTML defines six heading levels, which is reflected in the six heading choices available from the Paragraph control on the Format Tools toolbar, or by choosing Paragraph from the Format menu.  The headings differ from regular text by their type size.

Examples of heading levels

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

 

Address

This format is used for a Web page "signature" that indicates who wrote the page and who to contact for more information, for example:

webmaster@geo.hunter.cuny.edu

You might want to also include the date, any copyright notices, and other applicable information. This format usually appears at the bottom of the Web page and is often preceded by a Horizontal Line.

  List Item

The List Item style formats text in a list with a special symbol or bullet at the beginning of each line. FrontPage Express provides support for the following types of lists:

Unnumbered: Preceded by a bullet or other symbol.
Numbered: Preceded by numbers or letters.

Specify the type of sequential indicator to use for Numbered lists, such as 1,2,3, or A,B,C. Bullet: specify the type of bullet to use (square, circle, or open square) for the Unnumbered list style . The Starting number is the number with which to begin a Numbered list, type a number in the box.

Character Formats

You can apply character styles to one or more characters, within a paragraph, or spanning parts of multiple paragraphs. From the font menu you can select the font, font style, size, color, and special effects for your text. The following character styles are currently supported in FrontPage Express and are available by selecting the Special Styles tab from Format - Font on the  menu:

Bold Italic Code Superscript Subscript Blink Underline

Page Properties Dialog Box

Displays information about the current document and lets you provide additional information helpful to web users searching for specific topics.  Click OK to make the specified changes and close the dialog box.