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In this issue:
--Order the FrontPage 2000 45-Day Trial
--Integrating Microsoft Visual SourceSafe With FrontPage 2000
--Creating Hover Effects For Form Buttons Using DHTML And CSS
--Creating DHTML Effects With FrontPage 2000
--Web Site Showcase: Three Great Sites Created with FrontPage
--Tip: Selective Publishing
--Free Trial:  WebCharts for Microsoft FrontPage 2000
--Free 30-Day Access To Over 750,000 Images From Art Today
--Free Microsoft Office 2000 60 Minute Intranet Kit



SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING...ORDER THE 45-DAY TRIAL OF FRONTPAGE 2000 TODAY
With new and improved features such as pixel-precise positioning and layering, customizable themes, background spell-checking, and easy save-to-database form handling, the FrontPage 2000 Web site creation and management tool offers you much greater flexibility to create exactly the site you want.  Microsoft FrontPage 2000 also features tighter integration with Office 2000, and is a new member of the suite in Office 2000 Premium. Order your 45-day trial at:
<http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/trial/default.htm>

FRONTPAGE 2000 SWEEPS THE WEB-CREATION TOOL CATEGORY AWARDS
Garnering coveted editor's choice awards from the likes of CNET, PC World, and PC Magazine, FrontPage 2000 is clearly the choice of industry analysts.  See what they have to say at:
<http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/news.htm>


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FRONTPAGE 2000 TIPS FROM PC WORLD
PC World provides some time-saving tips for using the new features in FrontPage 2000, including the ability to easily apply the format from one body of text to another, to create a fixed background, and to show tags in normal view, among others.  Read the article at:
<http://www.pcworld.com/heres_how/article/0,1400,12065,00.html>

INTEGRATE MICROSOFT VISUAL SOURCESAFE WITH FRONTPAGE 2000
If you want to use the Microsoft Visual SourceSafe version control system as a method of source control, you can integrate a new or existing Visual SourceSafe project with FrontPage. The source control actions that are performed in FrontPage will also be performed in Visual SourceSafe, as though the Web author had used Visual SourceSafe directly.  This article from Microsoft Personal Online Support explains how:
<http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q205/7/28.ASP>

CREATING HOVER EFFECTS FOR FORM BUTTONS USING DHTML AND CSS
FrontPage 2000 contains a rich set of Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) and Dynamic HTML (DHTML) authoring capabilities that allow you to create a variety of hover effects. This article describes how you can create hover button effects for regular form field buttons by using the CSS features and DHTML formatting:
<http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q222/9/49.ASP>

CREATING DHTML EFFECTS WITH FRONTPAGE 2000
Dynamic HTML (DHTML) Effects allow you to animate almost anything on a page, including text, paragraphs, pictures, buttons, and marquees. An effect is activated by an event (such as clicking a mouse, loading a page, or pointing to a specific piece of text). FrontPage 2000 DHTML Effects can be found within the user interface, and they provide professional results without requiring the knowledge of scripting.  See how at:
<http://support.microsoft.com/support/frontpage/fp2000/DHTML.asp>


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WEB SITE SHOWCASE
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The Web sites listed below come from the thousands of submissions we've received to our request for "killer Web sites." Here we highlight sites that may provide you with new ideas, inspiration, and examples for your own Web sites. Thanks to all of you who have submitted sites. We will continue to highlight them in upcoming issues.

**THE REAL MONICA INC.
How could we resist?  Without the well connected to help with that all-important first job, the world's most famous intern strikes out on her own.  Monica Lewinsky started her own Web-based business using FrontPage.  See Monica's wares at:
<http://www.therealmonicainc.com/>


**THE COPYRIGHT WEBSITE
The Copyright Web site is a must-see for those who may be using less-than-original content on their Web site.  Find out how to keep your site infringement-free by visiting this FrontPage-based site:
<http://www.benedict.com/>


**ROCK 103
Promoting an online listener community for one of Memphis' most popular rock stations takes a lot of work.  WEGR Rock 103 uses FrontPage 2000 to create and update its colossal Web site on a daily basis. This professional site includes live on-air links, live Web cams, and live chats.  Check it out at:
<http://www.rock103.com/>

If you would like to nominate your site for inclusion in this bulletin, you can send e-mail to <fptips@microsoft.com>

There are no technical support representatives on this alias, so please use it only to submit nominations for Killer Web Sites or technical tips we can publish in future bulletins.

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ZDJOURNALS TIP: TO PUBLISH OR NOT TO PUBLISH

If you have a fast Internet connection, you may be accustomed to editing your Webs live on the fly. Doing so gives you immediate gratification -- your changes appear on the Internet as soon as you hit the Save button.

But so will your mistakes. That's why the FrontPage publish feature may be the better way to go. With that feature, you create your
Web locally and then click Publish to upload it to the Internet--as long as your Web server has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed.

If you want to create a local version of a live Web, open the live version and use the publish command to "publish" the Web to your local hard drive.


Quick Tips provided by Inside Microsoft FrontPage, a ZD Journals publication. For a free* issue, visit:
<http://www.zdjournals.com/forms/mfp/cuvzz4.htm>



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FREE STUFF
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FREE TRIAL:  WEBCHARTS FOR FRONTPAGE 2000
WebCharts is a charting tool that you can use to create Web reports and applications. Use WebCharts with Microsoft FrontPage 2000 to design graphical pages in WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) mode and view them on any platform, in any browser.  Download your trial (US English only) at:
<http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/Webchart.htm>

FREE* 30-DAY ACCESS TO OVER 750,000 IMAGES FROM ART TODAY
With more images than all the free clip-art sites in the World combined, you're sure to find the right images for your personal or commercial Web site.  Check it out at:
<http://www.arttoday.com/microsoft/cgl/>
 

FREE* THE MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 60 MINUTE INTRANET KIT
The Microsoft Office 2000 60 Minute Intranet Kit makes it easy to build workgroup Web sites by taking advantage of the new Web collaboration features in Office 2000 Premium. Workgroup Webs - internal, team, or department-level intranet sites - allow team members to share documents, communicate ideas, and analyze information, leading to better decision-making and results. Download the kit (US English only) at:
<http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/60Minute.htm>


Check out additional downloads from Office Update at:
<http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/Articles/frontpageassociates.htm>


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