Microsoft KB Archive/163582

= FP97: Style Formatting Definitions Show as Text in FP Editor =

Article ID: 163582

Article Last Modified on 10/1/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q163582



For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194346.



SYMPTOMS
Formatting definitions that are enclosed within a ... element appear as text in FrontPage Editor.

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



CAUSE
FrontPage Editor interprets the instructions within the ... element as text.



RESOLUTION
To ensure that the formatting definitions are not displayed as text when you view your page in FrontPage Editor or a Web browser that does not support the ... element, place the formatting definitions inside a comment tag. For example, to hide the font formatting in this code: H1{font:18pt "Arial"; font-weight:bold; text-aligh:center} change your code so that it looks like this:



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The comment tag does not prevent the formatting instructions from being used by a Web browser that supports the ... element. When you place formatting definitions inside a comment tag within a ... element, you ensure that this information is not interpreted as text by a Web browser that does not support the ... element.

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