How to Perform the 10 Most Common Operations in Microsoft FrontPage

Cheat Sheet

For those of you new or not yet very experienced with Microsoft Front Page, the Web site design and management tool, consider this a cheat sheet of sorts because, instead of consulting an entire book or opening up endless Help windows, you can use - and even print out - the contents of this article show you all you need to know in how to perform the 10 most common FrontPage operations without any fuss or muss. For those of you with a bit more experience, consider this a refresher course.

1. Opening a Web and Web page

If you don't have a Web yet, you can start one in a flash.

Click File, New (or press Control-N).

When the right-hand task pane opens, under New Web Site, double-click on the selection you want to use, such as one of the templates.

If you have already started a Web, open it like this:

Click File, Open (or Control-O)

The Open File window opens to your My Webs folder where your Web sites are or will be stored by default on your system. You can select a Web by double-clicking on it, or you can select an individual page listed also by double-clicking upon it.

To close a Web site you've opened, click File and then Close Site.

2. Saving a Page

To save a page you're working on, click File and then Save, which opens the Save window. Typing Control-S does the same thing.

Choose where you want the file saved. By default, this will be saved in the current open Web.

Click Change Title and provide a brief, unique, descriptive title for this page (such as "Meet Our Team".

Under File Name, type a name for the file, such as "index", or "about us" or "bio".

Click Save.

FrontPage automatically saves files - unless told otherwise - using the *.htm file extension used by FrontPage to store Web pages.

The first time you save each file, you are prompted with the Save window to provide the information we just covered. Each additional time you save the same file, however, FrontPage will re-save it using the info you typed in.

If you want to save a file using a new and different file name, click the File menu and choose Save As, then provide the location, title, and file name as before.

3. Deleting a Page - Deleting a Page from Navigation View