FrontPage — apply style toolbar

The Apply Style toolbar

The Apply Style toolbar is a custom FrontPage 2000 toolbar designed to apply custom <P> tag styles available in the Lotech Solutions stylesheet (LotechSolutions.css).

Note

For the Apply Style toolbar to work properly, it must only be used on HTML pages which are already linked to the LotechSolutions.css stylesheet.

Version 1 of this toolbar contains eight buttons, each used to apply a Lotech Solutions style to the paragraph containing the current focus. The mouseover tooltip for each displays the appropriate style name.

The Apply Style toolbar buttons apply the styles:

Normal, txt, txtIndent, code, lbl, lblProc, lblAlert, and txtAlert respectively.

Notes

• These styles can only be applied to existing <P> tag paragraphs, and will replace any style already applied to that paragraph.
• Only one paragraph at a time can have these styles applied using the Apply Style toolbar. If you want to apply formatting to more than one paragraph at a time, use the drop down style list box on the formatting toolbar.
• Make sure that the current focus insertion point is placed within the paragraph you wish to apply a Lotech Solutions style to. You don't need to select the whole paragraph or the tags. The style will not apply if you have selected a range which extends outside of the paragraph tags.

Tip

To toggle tag visibility in FrontPage Normal view, press the keyboard shortcut CTRL + /.

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To add the Apply Style toolbar to FrontPage

This procedure requires you to copy two files from the Lotech Solutions network onto your local PC. One contains the macros which are called by the buttons, and the other contains the toolbar details. If you have previously created any macros in FrontPage, or have customised your toolbars or menus in any way (added or removed buttons or menu items), then this procedure will overwrite (and remove) your personal customisations. If you make note of what they were, you can remake them after installing the Apply Style toolbar if you wish. If you export your macros to a separate file, you can reimport them later if required.

Note

This doesn't affect window placement or option settings in FrontPage. They are stored in the registry.

1. Close FrontPage if already open.
2. From the internet http://www.lotechsolutions.com/DownLoads/FrontPage/, copy the file named "Microsoft FrontPage.fpm" into your profile directory under "Application Data\Microsoft\FrontPage\Macros". If the "Macros" folder doesn't exist in your profile under "Frontpage", you'll have to create it. Note the case sensitivity.
3. From the internet http://www.lotechsolutions.com/DownLoads/FrontPage/ copy the file named "CmdUI.PRF" into your profile directory under "Application Data\Microsoft\FrontPage\State". Click YES to overwrite the existing file.
4. Start FrontPage, load a suitable file (one already linked to the LotechSolutions.css stylesheet) to try out the new buttons.

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See Also

FrontPage Tips and Tricks |  Lotech Solutions' Tips, Tricks, and Procedures

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