FP97: How to Create Custom Templates in FrontPage Editor

Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
Article ID: Q169508
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack

SUMMARY

This article describes how to create custom templates that can be used in Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows or Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

FrontPage 97

To create a template, do the following:

  1. Open an existing Web or create a new Web in FrontPage Explorer.

  2. On the Tools menu, click Show FrontPage Editor.

  3. On the File menu, click New.

  4. In the New Page dialog box, select Normal Page, and then click OK.

  5. Design the page the way you want it to look.

  6. On the File Menu, click Save As.

  7. In the Save As dialog box, click As Template.

  8. In the Save As Template dialog box, type the title, name, and description you want, and then click OK.

    If the page contains any images, you will be asked to save them to the Web. Click Yes To All.

You can now access your new template by clicking New on the File menu.

FrontPage 98

To create a template, do the following:

  1. Open an existing Web or create a new Web in FrontPage Explorer.

  2. On the Tools menu, click Show FrontPage Editor.

  3. On the File menu, click New.

  4. In the New Page dialog box, select Normal Page, and then click OK.

  5. Design the page the way you want it to look.

  6. On the File menu, click Save As.

  7. In the Save As dialog box, click As Template.

  8. In the Save As Template dialog box, type the title, name, and description you want, and then click OK.

    If the page contains any images, you will be asked to save them to the Web. Click Yes To All.

You can now access your new template by clicking New on the File menu.

For information about how to do this in Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, versions 1.0 and 1.1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q143096
   TITLE     : FP: How to Create Your Own Templates


Additional query words: FP97 template custom
Keywords : fpedit kbtemplate kbusage kbdta
Version : windows:97,98
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbhowto


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Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
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