Create Alt Text with Microsoft FrontPage 2000

To create alt text:

  1. Insert the image (or click the right mouse button on a pre-existing image and select Picture Properties...)
  2. Type a meaningful text equivalent in the Text box, under Alternative representations on the General tab. (If an image is a bullet, type * or -)
  3. Click the OK button.

Note: If an image is purely decorative and conveys no information (for example, a line divider or spacer graphic), edit the HTML code directly.

  1. Click (select) the image.
  2. Click the HTML tab in the bottom left corner of the screen to open the Front Page HTML editor. The HTML code for the image should be highlighted.
  3. Make sure the alt attribute is "empty"—2 quotation marks with no space (alt="")





Create a Long Description with Microsoft FrontPage 2000

First, create a new Web page that contains a detailed description of the complex illustration.

Then, create a longdesc attribute. The best way to create a longdesc attribute in Microsoft FrontPage is to edit the HTML code.

  1. Click (select) the image.
  2. Click the HTML tab in the bottom left corner of the screen to open the Front Page HTML editor. The HTML code for the image should be highlighted.
  3. Add the longdesc attribute to the <img> tag. This indicates to screen reader users that a separate Web page provides a detailed description of the image's content. For example:

    <IMG SRC="graph.gif" LONGDESC="descrip.html" ALT="Change in enrollment graph.">

You may also want to provide a direct link to the description page.

  1. Place the cursor after the image.
  2. Type Graphic Description, or other appropriate link text.
  3. Select/highlight the text you just typed.
  4. From the Insert menu, select Hyperlink...
  5. Locate, or type, the name of the .html file that contains the long description in the URL box.
  6. Click the OK button.





Create a "Jump to Content" Hyperlink with Microsoft FrontPage 2000

First, create a bookmark at the beginning of the main content (after all the navigation links).

  1. From the Insert menu, select Bookmark...
  2. Type a Bookmark name (for example, content) in the box provided.
  3. Click the OK button.

Then, create a hyperlink at the very top of your page that links to that bookmark.

  1. Type Jump to Content, or Skip Navigation, at the top of the page (before any of the navigation links).
  2. Select/highlight the text you just typed.
  3. From the Insert menu, select Hyperlink...
  4. From the Bookmark: drop-down list (in the Optional section at the bottom of the window), select the bookmark you created in the previous instructions (for example, content). DO NOT type a URL.
  5. Click the OK button.




Create Proportional Widths in Microsoft FrontPage 2000

To define table width by a percentage:

  1. From the Table menu, select Insert and then Table...
  2. Make sure the box in front of Specify width: is checked.
  3. Type the percentage number (65, 98, 100, etc.) in the Specify width: box.
  4. Make sure the In percent button is selected.
  5. Click the OK button.