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Q187774: FP: FrontPage Editor Removes Blank Lines in Tables

Article: Q187774
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 26-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to format text with extra carriage returns inside of a table,
FrontPage Editor removes these blank lines the next time you load the page in
FrontPage Editor.

CAUSE
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The HTML parser for the versions of FrontPage listed at the beginning of this
article will remove blank lines from within tables.

RESOLUTION
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FrontPage 97 for Windows
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To resolve this issue, upgrade to FrontPage 98, or, use the steps listed in the
"Workaround" section.

Microsoft FrontPage for the Power Macintosh
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If you are using FrontPage for the Power Macintosh, use the steps listed in the
"Workaround" section.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

1. Place the insertion point at the end of the line of text in FrontPage Editor.

2. To format the text, press SHIFT+ENTER to add non-breaking carriage returns.

The non-breaking carriage return tags will not be stripped out of the HTML code
by the HTML parser of FrontPage.


Additional query words: fpeditor editor nonbreaking space tables

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbFrontPageSearch kbZNotKeyword8 kbFrontPage97 kbZNotKeyword2 kbFrontPage97Search kbFrontPageMac kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :1.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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