Using Office Application in FrontPage

 Inserting a PowerPoint in FrontPage

As with all the Office applications, there are more than one way to do things. 

Method One for a single slide:
1. Open PowerPoint to the presentation that you want and the slide that you wish to copy.

2. Go to File Save As.  Select from Save as Type a image file format such as GIF or JPEG.  Save in a local folder with the name you desire (or directly to your website selecting your website from My Network Places) .  When a dialog box asks you “Do you want to export every slide in the presentation”  Click on NO.

3. You can now drag and drop this image to your images folder IF you have saved locally.  You know can insert the slide on any web page JUST like you would any image.
Method Two Entire Presentation:
1.  Open PowerPoint to the presentation that you want. 

2.  Go to File Save As Web page.  At this point, you can either do a save (after navigating to your website) and use the publish option.  The Publish options give you more control over what you export and what you display. 

3.  When you use either methods, it will create a folder on your website with all the supporting files that go with the PowerPoint presentation.  To hyperlink directly to this PowerPoint, within the folder, select the frame.htm.
 Method Three Entire Presentation:
This can be the preferred method because it creates less ‘mess’ BUT you have less control over what you get compared to Method Two:

1.  Go to File Import.

2.  Click on Add File and navigate to the location with your file. 

3.  You can also import a whole folder of information the will be transferred to your web folder. 

Method Two and Method Three can be used for all Office Applications.  There are advantages and disadvantages for each method.  For example, with Word it may be it may take less time for a Word document to load IF it has been saved as a web page.  Using Method Two with Word means that the file cannot be edited. 

Frames

            Using frames can be a highly effective.  Frames are different than shared borders.  With shared borders, ALL you web pages must have shared borders.  With frames, you can ‘mix and match’ your website and use them when you think they would work best for you.  FrontPage comes with 10 templates that you can use and experiment with.

            When you use frames, each frame has a frame source.  The frame source is the actual web page that the information is stored on.  The frameset calls up the frame source.  A frameset can also be a source of another frame. 

            Take a look at the example Frames on my website.  This single web page is actually has three frame sources (save as separate pages).  It has one frameset page that has the layout plan of the web page.  The frameset for the left column is to place the web page in the top right hand frame. 

Do try them out and see if you like them.

Navigation View

            One of the extra-added tools that FrontPage has is the navigation view.  This allows you to map out your web site and how each of the pages interact with each other.  It is VERY handy when you are starting out. It is much better than a piece of paper with little boxes on it and lines!  It is also very helpful with a large and complex website.  Do you HAVE to do it?  No.  Should you do it?  Yes.  Have I kept up with it after my first year doing FrontPage.  No.

Themes

            The use of themes is another personal matter.  It is very much like using themes in PowerPoint.  I DO not teach PowerPoint using them.  If students ‘find out’ about them OK.  Why do I feel this way?  I think it stifles creativity.  I am SO tired of going to educational conferences and seeing that SAME background of the notebook pad on 15 presentations….  I don’t want my web site to look like any one else’s.  End of lecture. 

Inserting Video in Your Webpage

            As with inserting items from Office Applications, there is more than one way to insert a video. 

Method One Hyperlink to Video:

1.  Copy your video to your website.  I suggest making a folder in your images folder called Video and placing them there.

2.  Create a hyperlink to the video file.

Using this method, clicking on the hyperlink downloads the video and opens in it in an application window.  KEEP in mind that the ‘end user’ must have the appropriate application available and installed.  This can be a downside to this method.
Method Two Inserting Video:

1.  Go to Insert Picture and then video.

2.  The initial frame of the video will appear on your web page when you view it in the browser. 

3.  Right mouse click on tiny image and go to Picture properties.

4.  In Picture properties you can select when and how to start your video.  In my example, I used “On mouse over”.  I did inform the user of this method (good idea).  You can also use “On file open” or “Show controls in browser”. 

5.  The Repeat section of Picture Properties is where you can set up the looping or not.  I looped only once in my example.

Inserting Audio in Your Webpage

There are many audio files available Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media.  In the search box select, sounds.  I found using an instrument name as an easy way to get multiple clips.  Once again, I created a folder in my Images folder called Sounds.

Method One Hyperlink to Video:

1.  Copy any sound to your Sounds folder.

2.  Create a hyperlink to the sound file.  Using this method, clicking on the hyperlink downloads the sound and opens it in an application window.
Method Two Music Playing:

1.  Right click on a blank place of the web page.

2.  Select Page Properties. 

3.  In the Background Sound area browse to get to the sound that you have saved.