What's New in Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003?

You'll notice some changes as soon as you start Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003. The toolbars and menus have a new look, for example. But the features that are new and improved in this version of FrontPage go beyond just changes in appearance. Some changes won't be apparent to you until you start using the program.

The following table lists the new and improved features that you might be interested in as well as the lessons and topics in which those features are covered.

New or Improved Feature	What Does This Feature Help You Do?	Lesson	Topic
Web Site tab	FrontPage now uses task panes to centralize all Web design features and provides a Web Site tab for managing your site.	Understanding How FrontPage Works	Exploring an Existing Web Site
Remote Web Site view	Easily publish entire Web sites or specific files to a local folder or Web server.	Understanding How FrontPage Works	Looking at a Web Site in Various Ways
Web page views	Work with Web pages in Design view, Code view, Split view, or Preview view.	Understanding How FrontPage Works	Exploring an Existing Web Page
Split view	Simultaneously view the layout and HTML code of your Web page.	Understanding How FrontPage Works	Exploring an Existing Web Page
Accessibility checking	Check your Web site against standard guidelines for accessibility.	Creating a Web Site	Previewing and Deleting a Web Site
Browser and resolution reconciliation	See how your Web site will look in various Web browsers or at various screen resolutions.	Creating a Web Site	Previewing and Deleting a Web Site
Improved themes	Apply themes that use cascading style sheets rather than HTML, making files smaller, more transparent, and easier to maintain and modify.	Creating a New Web Site Page by Page	Formatting an Entire Web Site
Layout tables and cells	Create a framework for Web page content and apply additional formatting, such as rounded corners, borders, autostretch, and other visual effects.	Changing Web Page Layout	Laying Out a Web Page with Tables
Interactive buttons	Add professionally designed buttons to your Web page by selecting them from a list.	Enhancing the Capabilities of Your Web Site	Adding Web Components and Dynamic Effects to a Web Page
Macromedia Flash support	Enhance and update your FrontPage Web site by adding Macromedia Flash–based content.	Enhancing the Capabilities of Your Web Site	Adding Web Components and Dynamic Effects to a Web Page
Behaviors	Use ready-made scripting options to add functionality to your Web page.	Enhancing the Capabilities of Your Web Site	Adding Web Components and Dynamic Effects to a Web Page
Quick Tag Selector	Quickly select the contents of any HTML tab in your Web page, in Design view, Code view, or Split view.	Enhancing the Capabilities of Your Web Site	Adding Web Components and Dynamic Effects to a Web Page
Remote Web Site view	Easily publish entire Web sites or specific files to a local folder or Web server.	Publishing and Managing Your Web Site	Publishing a Web Site
Optimize HTML tab	Reduce the size of a page file when publishing it, by removing extraneous white space and unnecessary formatting.	Publishing and Managing Your Web Site	Publishing a Web Site
Improving quality for customers	Provide feedback on your usage of FrontPage.	Publishing and Managing Your Web Site	Administering a Web Site
Code snippets	Save frequently used code snippets for easy retrieval.	Publishing and Managing Your Web Site	Administering a Web Site
Page rulers and layout grid	Customize the ruler and grid options.	Publishing and Managing Your Web Site	Administering a Web Site
IntelliSense	Automatically complete or insert code elements.	Publishing and Managing Your Web Site	Administering a Web Site