How do I get Front Page to open a pop up small window?

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TMSmrt

I am creating a website in FrontPage. I want to insert those pop up
informaton windows. I will use this when there is a word or term that needs
more explaining. How can I do this?
 
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Mark Fitzpatrick

You can do two things, if you want a real popup browser window to open,
you'll need to do this with JavaScript. There are already lots of good free
scripts out there so just search http://javascript.internet.com/navigation/
for some nice ones.

The other thing you can do is to create a link around the word and set the
link's title attribute to whatever text you want. This will show a tooltip
effect for a few seconds like so:

<a href="#" title="This is some information">A Word</a>

Of course, the downside is since it has to be a link for this to
work users may get confused by the link. Using the popup browser method is
probably better, although it still requires you to create a link to do it,
at least id does something noticable for the user. Just be warned that some
of the more aggressive pop-up blockers may block the use of this feature.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Frontpage
 
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Tom Pepper Willett

Download the free FP addin "Spawn" from www.jimcoaddins.com
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Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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About FrontPage 2003:
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FrontPage 2003 Product Information:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
Understanding FrontPage:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
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| I am creating a website in FrontPage. I want to insert those pop up
| informaton windows. I will use this when there is a word or term that
needs
| more explaining. How can I do this?
 
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Steve Easton

Or use span tags with a title tag. They won't change the cursor like a link.

<span title="This is the text.">TEXT</span>

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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Steve Easton

Try a span tag with a title tag:

<span title="This is the text.">TEXT</span>
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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer
 
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