FP97: Style Formatting Definitions Show as Text in FP Editor

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack

SYMPTOMS

Formatting definitions that are enclosed within a <style>...</style> element appear as text in the FrontPage Editor.

NOTE: Web browsers that do not support the <style>...</style> element also interpret the formatting definitions as text.

CAUSE

FrontPage Editor interprets the instructions within the <style>...</style> element as text.

RESOLUTION

To ensure that the formatting definitions are not displayed as text when you view your page in the FrontPage Editor or a Web browser that does not support the <style>...</style> element, place the formatting definitions inside a comment (<!-- -->) tag. For example, to hide the font formatting in this code:

   <style>
   H1{font:18pt "Arial"; font-weight:bold; text-aligh:center}
   </style>

   <style>
   <!--
   H1{font:18pt "Arial"; font-weight:bold; text-aligh:center}
   -->
   </style>

MORE INFORMATION

The comment (<!-- -->) element does not prevent the formatting instructions from being used by a Web browser that supports the <style>...</style> element. When you place formatting definitions inside a comment (<!-- -->) element within a <style>...</style> element, you ensure that this information is not interpreted as text by a Web browser that does not support the <style>...</style> element.

Problems produced by editing the HTML which FrontPage generates will not be resolved by Microsoft Technical Support. This HTML code sample is provided as a convenience for authors seeking to extend FrontPage capabilities. For more information on writing HTML, see

   http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/newhtml/default.htm

STATUS

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.