Independence Community College Independence, Kansas

Independence Community College Independence, Kansas

C O N T E N T S Unit 1: Creating, Modifying, and Enhancing FrontPage Webs and Pages 1 Chapter 1 Investigating FrontPage 2002 3 Exploring World Wide Web Fundamentals 3 The World Wide Web 3 Web Pages 4 Web Browsers 5 URLs 6 Web Servers 7 Top-Level Domains 8 The Internet Domain Name System 9 Exploring the FrontPage 2002 Window 11 FrontPage 2002: The HTML Editor 11 The Views Bar 12 Page Tabs 18 Folder List and Navigation Pane 20 Exploring FrontPage 2002 and Office XP 22 The Task Pane 22 The Office Clipboard 23 Data Integration 24 Improved Search Capabilities 25 Office Tools on the Web 26 The Office Language Bar 27 Using Help to Learn More about FrontPage 2002 30 Using Help to Investigate the New Features of FrontPage 2002 33 Finding Help on the World Wide Web 34 Exploring ScreenTips 35 Customizing Menus and Toolbars 36 Docked and Floating Toolbars 39 Chapter Summary 42 Commands Review 43 Concepts Check 44 Skills Check 44 Chapter 2 Planning and Creating an Initial FrontPage Web 47 Establishing a FrontPage 2002 Web 48 Using a Web Site Wizard 48 Web Site Templates Dialog Box 49 Creating, Naming, and Titling Web Pages in Folders View 51 Establishing a Hierarchical Site Structure in Navigation View 54 Formatting the Background 57 Formatting a Solid-Color Background 58 Formatting a Tiled Image Background 61 Formatting the Background for Columnar Page Layouts 63 Formatting a Watermark Background 64 Getting Background Information from Another Page 65 Working with Text 66 Inserting Web Page Text 67 Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Navigate the Page 68 Selecting and Replacing Existing Text 70 Using the Spelling Checker 70 Using the Thesaurus 71 Formatting Text 72 Inserting Symbols 74 Formatting Paragraphs 77 Changing the Alignment of Text in Paragraphs 77 Changing Line Spacing 78 Previewing, Printing, Saving, and Closing a FrontPage Web 79 Chapter Summary 81 Commands Review 82 Concepts Check 83 Skills Check 84 Chapter 3 Working with Graphics and Photo Galleries 87 Opening Existing Webs and Pages 87 Preventing FrontPage from Opening the Last Edited Web 88 Opening Recent FrontPage 2002 Webs 89 Opening Recent Web Page Files 90 Opening Web Pages from Internet Explorer 90 Exploring Web Graphic Fundamentals 91 Using GIF Images 92 Using JPEG Images 93 Inserting Clip Art and Pictures 94 Inserting Clip Art from the World Wide Web 95 Inserting Images from File 96 Altering and Enhancing Graphics 98 Setting Transparent Color to Images 101 Setting Alternative Text to Images 101 Wrapping Text around Images 103 iii

Formatting Graphics Using the Pictures Toolbar 105 Assigning a Program to Edit Image Files 110 Inserting Drawing Objects from the Drawing Toolbar 111 Inserting and Formatting WordArt 118 Creating a Photo Gallery 121 Chapter Summary 125 Commands Review 126 Concepts Check 127 Skills Check 127 Chapter 4 Creating and Customizing Hyperlinks 131 Creating Hypertext Links 132 Creating Bookmark Hyperlinks 134 Creating E-Mail Hyperlinks 137 Removing Hyperlinks 138 Deleting FrontPage Web Pages and Files 139 Creating Image Hyperlinks 140 Creating Link Bars 143 Creating Hotspot Hyperlinks on Images 146 Hyperlinking to a New Document 147 Customizing, Navigating, and Verifying Hyperlinks 149 Setting Hyperlinks to Open in a New Window 149 Using the AutoThumbnail Feature 150 Testing Hyperlinks in Page View 152 Verifying Hyperlinks 155 Observing the Hyperlinks View 156 Modifying Hypertext Links 156 Chapter Summary 160 Commands Review 161 Concepts Check 162 Skills Check 163 Chapter 5 Modifying and Enhancing FrontPage Webs and Pages 167 Working with Existing Documents and Webs 168 Inserting Existing Files into Web Pages 168 Importing and Inserting PowerPoint Presentations 170 Incorporating PowerPoint Presentations into a FrontPage Web Page 170 Importing a Web Site 174 Exporting a Web Page 177 Sending Web Pages by E-Mail 177 Checking Spelling in an Entire Web Site 178 Enabling the Indexing Service 179 Modifying Web Page Text 180 Copying and Pasting Text and Images into a Web Page 180 Using Format Painter 181 Finding and Replacing Text 182 Working with Paragraphs 183 Inserting Horizontal Rules 183 Formatting Line Spacing 184 Applying and Formatting Numbering 186 Applying and Formatting Bullets 187 Inserting the Date and Time Web Component 188 Copying and Pasting Images 189 Additional FrontPage 2002 Enhancement Resources 191 Chapter Summary 194 Commands Review 195 Concepts Check 195 Skills Check 196 Unit 1: Performance Assessments 199 Assessing Proficiency 199 Writing Activities 203 Internet Project 203 Job Study 203 Unit 2: Customizing FrontPage Webs and Pages and Working with Advanced Concepts 205 Chapter 6 Working with Tables, Borders, Themes, and Publishing Basics 207 Creating Simple Tables 208 Creating a Simple Table with the Insert Table Button 208 Creating a Simple Table at the Insert Table Dialog Box 209 Creating a Simple Table Using the Draw Table Feature 210 Converting Text to a Table 213 Inserting and Deleting Columns and Rows 215 Merging and Splitting Table Cells 218 Applying and Formatting Borders and Shading 220 Applying and Modifying FrontPage Themes and Shared Borders 223 Inserting Page Banners and Navigation Bars 225 iv

Modifying Theme Colors, Graphics, and Text 227 Applying Shared Borders 230 Exploring FrontPage Publishing Basics 231 Chapter Summary 233 Commands Review 234 Concepts Check 235 Skills Check 235 Chapter 7 Customizing Tables and Publishing FrontPage Webs and Web Pages 239 Formatting Table Properties 239 Formatting Table Widths 242 Altering Table Cell Padding and Spacing 243 Formatting Table Borders and Border Colors 243 Formatting Table Background Colors and Pictures 244 Formatting Web Page Margins 245 Inserting a Table within a Table 246 Automatically Formatting a Table Using Table AutoFormat 247 Formatting Cells and Cell Properties 248 Formatting Cell Background Colors and Pictures 249 Placing a Border on a Cell Boundary 251 Automatically Formatting Cell Widths to Match 253 Publishing FrontPage Webs and Web Pages 253 Exploring Web Server Functions 254 Exploring Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server Software 254 Testing Browser Compatibility 254 Publishing Only the Pages You Want 256 Publishing to a Server without FrontPage Server Extensions 256 Publishing to a Different Server or Location (Making a Backup) 259 Chapter Summary 259 Commands Review 260 Concepts Check 261 Skills Check 262 Chapter 8 Working with FrontPage Components, Plug-Ins, and Frames 265 Inserting FrontPage Web Components 266 Inserting a Scrolling Marquee 266 Inserting a Hit Counter 267 Inserting a Table of 269 Inserting a Top 10 List 270 Inserting Microsoft and MSNBC Components 272 Inserting an MSN Search Component 272 Inserting Technology Headlines from MSNBC 272 Inserting Weather Information from MSNBC 273 Inserting a Static Map from Expedia 275 Inserting Included Content 276 Inserting Advanced Controls 279 Inserting a Macromedia Flash Animation 281 Inserting Videos for the Windows Media Player 283 Working with Frames 287 Inserting Inline Frames 287 Creating a New Frames Page Using a Wizard 290 Creating a New Frame Page 292 Formatting Frame and Properties 294 Targeting Frames 296 Chapter Summary 297 Commands Review 298 Concepts Check 299 Skills Check 300 Chapter 9 Working with Languages, Scripts, and Styles 303 Exploring HTML Fundamentals 304 Basic HTML Tags 304 Viewing HTML Tags in Page View 305 Exploring the HTML View 306 Formatting Text in HTML View 308 Formatting Paragraphs in HTML View 310 Inserting Images and Hyperlinks in HTML View 312 Creating Tables in HTML View 312 Inserting Meta Data into HTML 314 Adding Meta Data in Page Properties 317 Formatting in XML 318 Reformatting HTML 318 Applying XML Formatting Rules 319 Applying DHTML Effects to a Web Page 320 Applying DHTML Page Load and Transition Effects 320 Creating a Web Page Slide Show Using DHTML 321 v

Applying Mouse Over Effects to Hyperlinks 323 Applying JavaScripts to Web Pages 324 Working with Styles, Embedded Styles, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 327 Creating and Using an External Style Sheet 327 Using the Style Toolbar to Add Style Sheet Styles 328 Inserting an Embedded Style Sheet 330 Inserting an Inline Style 331 Chapter Summary 332 Commands Review 334 Concepts Check 334 Skills Check 335 Chapter 10 Working with Forms and Databases, and Managing and Analyzing FrontPage Webs 339 Using Forms to Collect and Disseminate Data 340 Creating a Form Confirmation Page 347 Creating a Guest Book Form Using a Wizard 348 Uploading a File with a Form 350 Creating Page Templates 350 Working with Databases 352 Creating a Database Connection 352 Using a Search Form to Query Database Results 355 Posting Form Results to an Access Database 356 Using the Database Interface Wizard 359 Managing and Analyzing FrontPage Webs 361 Working with Tasks 361 Analyzing a Web with Reports 363 Exploring Permissions with FrontPage Webs 367 Converting a Folder into a Subweb 368 Tracking Web Size 369 Chapter Summary 370 Commands Review 372 Concepts Check 373 Skills Check 374 Unit 2: Performance Assessments 377 Assessing Proficiency 377 Writing Activities 382 Internet Project 382 Job Study 382 Appendix: MOUS Skills 385 Index 387 vi