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Q181654: FP: Hyperlink Font Color Settings not Visible in Browser

Article: Q181654
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.1,97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 10-AUG-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 
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SYMPTOMS
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Even though you specified a color for a hyperlink in FrontPage Editor, the
hyperlink will appear in the default color used by the Web browser not in the
color you specified.

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs when you change the color of a hyperlink by clicking Text
Color on the Formatting toolbar or Font on the Format menu. When you use either
of these commands, FrontPage applies a font (<Font>) tag to the hyperlink.
Some Web browsers do not support using the font tag with the hyperlink tag.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this behavior, you can define the hyperlink settings for the page
as a background property. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open your page in FrontPage Editor.

2. On the File menu, click Page Properties.

3. Click the Background tab.

  NOTE: If you applied a theme to the page, the Background tab will not be
  available.

4. In the Hyperlink, Visited Hyperlink, and Active Hyperlink boxes, select the
  color you want.

5. Click OK.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FrontPage
98 for Windows.

Additional query words: 98 97

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Keywords          : kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage1xSearch kbFrontPage97Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbFrontPage110
Version           : WINDOWS:1.1,97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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