Microsoft® FrontPage® Version 2002 Step by Step (Cpg Step By Step) (Paperback)

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Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 is a user-friendly, fast, effective way to create and manage professional Internet or intranet sites without programming by using familiar Microsoft Office tools and integration features. MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE VERSION 2002 STEP BY STEP offers self-paced instruction to the beginning-to-advanced user who wants to get the most out of the FrontPage Web site creation and management tool-and prepare for Microsoft Office User (MOUS) certification. This personal training system offers easy-to-follow lessons full of clear objectives, a wealth of task-oriented procedures, and dozens of real-world business scenarios. Each STEP BY STEP title consists of friendly, straightforward instruction with dozens of full-color screenshots and illustrations to help you learn exactly what you need to know at your own pace. A companion CD-ROM includes practice files that are tightly integrated with the lessons, plus movie-style demonstrations of key procedures. Other features include a "QuickLook Guide" for easy visual navigation, a "Finding the Best Starting Point for You" section to help you decide how to the most out of the book, and a special lay-flat binding to keep the book open during lessons.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (July 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735613001
• ISBN-13: 978-0735613003
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #674,651 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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65 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FrontPage breakdown for everyone., July 8, 2001

By	Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

In the world of web design it is very important to make sure that you use a application that will enhance the overall outlook of the web page, my personal choice is FrontPage and along with that comes the idea of learning the application. This book is my choice for that job.

In just over 325 pages I found a wealth of information that not only shows me how to use the program but also prepares me for the MOUS exam for Front Page 2002. The easy to follow along guidelines make learning a breeze and for those who can't afford formal classroom training this may be the answer.

Within the 12 chapters you'll cover topics like creating the web site, lists, tables, graphics, building a web site from the ground up, web layouts and links. Also there is coverage of auto updating the web site, working with databases, management and publishing of the web site.

Use of color photos enhanced the learning process because you can see the actual finished product before you get started. Along with tips and tricks the step by step instructions make building and creating web pages very easy.

Built for the beginner this book is an excellent tool for web designer in all of us. The author has also included HTML coding examples to show the underlying world of web design. Overall this book is well worth the price.

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Step 1: Proceed with caution!, September 23, 2001

By A Customer

Step by Step Frontpage 2002 does a good of teaching static page web publishing in the first eight chapters. However, the last four chapters require access to a web hosted server with appropriate Microsoft extensions (usually with minimal contracts and ongoing costs), or having Windows 2000 Professional or NT (or soon XP Pro) installed locally. No mention is made of this in the forward to the book. There are no simulations of these functions, so unless you meet the above criteria, the last four chapters covering dynamic web publishing, database access and web site management are not useful to the reader.

There are also several instances where the book descriptions and examples do not match the results from the shipping Frontpage 2002 product I received - and the results you get for an exercise may be somewhat different than shown in the book. Likely, at least part of the book was written using a pre-release of Frontpage 2002.

I would have preferred at least a simulation for the exercises in the last four chapters to make this book truly valuable to me to understand the full capabilities of Frontpage 2002. To achieve this, I will have to either sign up for the web services with a contract, or buy and install Windows XP Pro to finish the last four chapters of the book. Buyer Beware!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FrontPage 2002's best book to start with, September 28, 2001

By	Doug Saylor "from DesignSmythe" (Texas) - See all my reviews

The Step by Step series is colorful, straightforward and friendly. I'll admit, I've had fits with FrontPage 98. I've just never caught on. But, hearing good things about the 2002 edition, I upgraded. Know that the book that comes with the software from Micorsoft is *brief* so I knew I needed more help. I checked out a couple of other FP books but was suspect that their too-technical, no-illustrations content was not what I needed to get up and running. The SbS series is a good hand-holder and gave me the bigger picture perspective. I got my site up and am pleased. I did buy one more book for the more technical issues but I credit this pub for getting me going. As I upgrade to the XP versions, I will continue buying the Step by Step series.