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Q169097: FP: How to Create Invisible Frames in FrontPage

Article: Q169097
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): windows:1.1,97; 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 Windows 1.1 
- Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh, version 1.0 
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For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this article, see Q196125.

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see Q194152.

SUMMARY
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The Microsoft FrontPage Frames Wizard does not provide a way to create frames
that are invisible or have no border. This article describes how to create an
invisible frame in FrontPage Editor.

MORE INFORMATION
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FrontPage 97
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To create an invisible frame, follow these steps:

1. Start FrontPage Editor.

2. On the File menu, click New.

3. In the Template Or Wizard list, click Frames Wizard, and then click OK.

4. Click Next on each panel of the wizard, until the last panel. On the last
  panel, click Finish.

5. In FrontPage Explorer, right-click the page you created in steps 1 through 4,
  and then click Open With.

6. In the Editor list, click FrontPage Editor, and then click OK.

7. On the View menu, click HTML.

8. In the HTML box, locate the <FrameSet> tag, and add the FrameBorder and
  FrameSpacing attributes so that the tag looks something like this:

  <FRAMESET ROWS="50%,50%" FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER="0" FRAMESPACING="0">

9. On the File menu, click Save.

FrontPage 1.1
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Open the Web page in a text editor, such as Notepad, and insert the
<FrameSet> tag. For example, insert this code:

  <FRAMESET ROWS="50%,50%" FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER="0" FRAMESPACING="0">

NOTE: If you reopen your Web page in FrontPage Editor, FrontPage deletes the
FrameBorder and FrameSpacing attributes.

FrontPage for the Power Macintosh
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To create an invisible frame, follow these steps:

1. Start FrontPage Editor.

2. On the File menu, click New.

3. In the Template Or Wizard list, click Frames Wizard, and then click OK.

4. Click Next on each panel of the wizard, until the last panel. On the last
  panel, click Finish.

5. In FrontPage Explorer, hold down the CONTROL key and click the page you
  created in steps 1 through 4.

6. Click Open With.

7. In the Editor list, click FrontPage Editor, and click OK.

8. On the View menu, click HTML.

9. In the HTML box, locate the <FrameSet> tag, and add the FrameBorder and
  FrameSpacing attributes so that the tag looks something like this:

  <FRAMESET ROWS="50%,50%" FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER="0" FRAMESPACING="0"

  Click OK.

10. On the File menu, click Save.

Additional query words: 97 borderless none no border without

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Keywords          : kbusage kbdta 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbFrontPageSearch kbZNotKeyword8 kbZNotKeyword kbFrontPage1xSearch kbFrontPage97Search kbFrontPageMac kbZNotKeyword3 kbFrontPage110
Version           : windows:1.1,97; macintosh:1.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

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