by Curtis Carmichael

This is one of the less frustrating tasks! It’s also the easiest but you have to make some considerations when you’re formatting text.

Although you might have the "Elephant" font set, for example, the guy over in Novo-Kazalinsk, Kazakhstan, lets say might not have it. And the result? The computer tries finding a like font to replace the font mismatch. But sometimes, the computer really messes up and throws Chinese (or some other normally indecipherable font) on screen.

If you want to list optional fonts to use in the case your first choice font isn’t installed on your visitor’s computer, look at your HTML ("View", "HTML...") and find the relevant <FONT> tag. Then, in the "face" attribute, starting with your most desired font display, list the fonts you want displayed in sequential order, separated by a comma. This should prevent having an indecipherable font display on screen in the event a user doesn’t have your first choice font installed on his or her computer.

If a specific font type is necessary, consider creating a graphic. If your text is saved in graphical format, it will show up (provided the user’s browser has the ability to display images on-screen). If you want to be positive that you get your message across if an image doesn’t display, go to the HTML view. In the appropriate <IMG> tag, type the attribute SRC="yourmessage" where "your message" is the message you wish to communicate to the user.

But otherwise, your formatting capabilities are virtually endless.

Simply go to "Format", "Font" to change individual font properties such as text alignment, font, font size, etc. A dialog box similar to the one shown should display.

Although the paragraph justification feature is not currently offered within FrontPage Express, you can always use the HTML View feature to justify text. In a paragraph tag <P> insert the line ALIGN="justify" and an example would be <P ALIGN="justify">. To end paragraph justification, remember all tags should preferably be closed whenever possible, in this case with </P>.