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Q161422: FP: How to Change the Color of a Marquee

Article: Q161422
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): windows:97; macintosh:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbdta
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack 
- Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh, version 1.0 
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see Q198020.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see Q194160.

SUMMARY
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This article describes how to change the color of an item within a Marquee tag.
To create a Marquee, click Marquee on the Insert menu.

The Marquee tag is supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 2.0 and
later; it is not supported by Netscape Navigator.


MORE INFORMATION
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The Marquee Properties dialog box contains a drop-down box for selecting the
marquee color.

- To show the Marquee Properties dialog box in FrontPage Editor, right-click
  the marquee and click Marquee Properties on the shortcut menu.

  If you select Default for the marquee background color, the marquee background
  will be the same color as the page background.

- To change the color of the text in a marquee, select the marquee and click
  the Text Color button. Or, select the marquee and click Font on the Format
  menu. Change the font color using the Color drop-down box in the Font dialog
  box.

It is not possible to place a background image in a marquee or to make a marquee
transparent.

The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 97

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Keywords          : kbusage kbdta 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbFrontPageSearch kbZNotKeyword8 kbZNotKeyword kbFrontPage97Search kbFrontPageMac kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : windows:97; macintosh:1.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

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