Objectives: To add active elements to web
pages to give an engaging and dynamic appearance.
(You may only use this feature if publishing to a
FrontPage
enabled server.)
- Add and edit scrolling marquee text
FrontPage components allow non-programmers
relatively easy access to sophisticated features like forms, hit
counters and scrolling text. Without FrontPage, access to these
features would require knowledge of HTML or a scripting language
like Javascript or VBScript. However, in FrontPage, when you insert
a component from the Insert, Component menu a set of
programming commands are automatically embedded into HTML.
Note: FrontPage components will not be
displayed correctly if they are hosted on a server without FrontPage
Extensions installed.
Note: Some of the FrontPage components
work only on Internet Explorer browsers (and then only with the most
recent versions of IE). If you plan to use these features you check
very carefully whether the components are functioning fully in a
number of browsers.
Add Scrolling Marquee Text
A marquee is a region on a page that displays a
horizontally scrolling text message when the page is viewed in
Microsoft Internet Explorer. It is used to grab the attention of a
user.
Note: Netscape browsers do not support
Marquee text. The marquee text displays in Netscape but it does not
scroll.
To insert a marquee
- In Page View, place the insertion point on a blank line of
text, or select the text that you want to display in the marquee
- From the Insert menu, select Web
Component...
The Insert Web Component dialogue box is
displayed.
- From the Component type: box, select
Dynamic Effects
- From the Choose an effect: box, select
Marquee
- Click Finish
The Marquee Properties dialogue box is
displayed.
- In the Text: box, enter the line of text that
the marquee should display (If you selected text on the page,
the Text: box contains the selected text)
- Adjust the values for direction, movement speed, behaviour,
size, repetitions, and background colour
- Click OK
Note: The best way to setup a marquee is
to create one and preview it in Internet Explorer, trying various
effects and colour schemes until it matches your needs.
To change the number of times a marquee
repeats
- In Page View, click the marquee to select it
- From the Format menu, select Properties...
(SpeedKey: Alt + Enter)
The Marquee Properties dialogue box is
displayed.
- For Repeat, specify the number of times you want the
marquee to repeat. If you want the marquee to repeat
continuously, select the Continuously check box
- Click OK
