 When
you create a new page, you can establish some of the defaults that will
control the look of the page. The most general thing is to give the page a
title, which will be displayed in the top bar of a browser viewing your
page (look at the top of your browser window and note that it says
"Introduction to FrontPage - Page Settings"). The page title is
not the same as the saved name of the page (i.e. the file name), and
saving the page as a file does not give the page a name to be displayed in
a browser.
Note that there are other tabs offering more options.
Background allows you to set a background color or
image. You can also change the color of links on your page. The default,
and de facto standard, is blue for unvisited
links and purple for visited links. Though
you can change them, it is probably better not to unless you have a good
reason (color scheme or other visual factors, functionality, etc) since
people expect the standard colors and it may not be obvious where the
links are if you use nonstandard colors.
Margins determines the amount of space between the
edge of the browser window and the contents of your Web page. A margin of
0 means the elements in your page (text, images, etc) begin right at the
edge of the screen, so the default is to have a small margin between the
edge of the screen and the page contents. You can increase or decrease
this margin if you so desire.
There are other options for specialization which go beyond
the scope of this introductory tutorial. Consult a larger manual in the
Current Interest section in the Science Library if you are interested.
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There are
also a number of page options available in FrontPage. Look under
"Tools" in the main menu for "Page Options."