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Select a theme from the list.
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Select (or deselect) any of the following check boxes.
• Vivid Colors: Uses bright colors instead of the normal color set.
• Active Graphics: Uses some animated pictures for buttons and page
banners.
Not all themes have active graphics.
• Background Picture: Places a picture “behind” the page elements.
(Covers the page background color.)
• Apply Using CSS: Uses an external file called a Cascading Style
Sheet (CSS) to control the theme, rather than messing with the
page’s HTML code.
If your browser choice in the Page Options dialog box doesn’t
support CSS, this option may be grayed out.
Whether you apply a theme to a web or selected pages, you will be unable to
change the background using the Format→Background menu option because
themes control background properties. Additionally, with a theme applied, the
Background tab will no longer appear in the Page Properties dialog box. To
change the background, you will need to either modify the theme’s background
or remove the theme.
If you don’t like how a theme looks after you apply it, simply display the
Themes dialog box again and select No Theme from the list and click OK. A
theme will no longer be applied.
Clarifying
Apply
Theme To
Options
As we mentioned earlier, FrontPage gives you the option of applying a theme
to All Pages or Selected Page(s). But these options aren’t as clear-cut as they
first appear. Let’s take a closer look at the All Pages option first. It really
doesn’t affect “all pages” because it won’t apply to any page that has had a
theme applied to it individually using the Selected Page(s) option. So if your
web contains pages that have a different theme, you will need to remove the
different theme first and then apply the new theme to all pages. As for the
Selected Page(s) option, yes, you can apply a theme to a page or more at a
time. The option can refer to just the page currently displayed in the Normal
pane of Page view, or a file or files selected in the Folder List.
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