Publisher vs. FrontPage

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Jayda - 02 Nov 2005 22:05 GMT

I have used Publisher for a few years to create webpages. I have never used
FrontPage before. Is FrontPage quite different from Publisher...in other
words, is there going to be a big "learning curve" if I switch to FrontPage?
The reason I ask is that I don't want to go out and spend a lot of money on
FrontPage if it's going to take me a long time to learn it. I'm very familiar
with Publisher, Word, Access and PowerPoint....it seems like with those
programs if you know one of them, the others are pretty easy to figure
out...they are fairly similar to one another when it comes to all of the
functions, formatting, etc. Does FrontPage fall into the same category?

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Mary Sauer - 02 Nov 2005 22:59 GMT

There are some very good training courses for FrontPage. Take a look and see if the
learning curve is something you want to deal with.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR061832701033.aspx

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>I have used Publisher for a few years to create webpages. I have never used
> FrontPage before. Is FrontPage quite different from Publisher...in other
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> out...they are fairly similar to one another when it comes to all of the
> functions, formatting, etc. Does FrontPage fall into the same category?

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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] - 02 Nov 2005 23:04 GMT

My personal opinion is that once you've managed to get around in Word,
getting around in FrontPage isn't a big deal. HOWEVER (you knew that was
coming, right?), beyond the basics of cut, copy, and paste, there's so much
to learn. But it's worth it if you're going to be creating websites.
Warning: The process is different from Publisher and your files can't be
"converted".

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>I have used Publisher for a few years to create webpages. I have never used
> FrontPage before. Is FrontPage quite different from Publisher...in other
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> out...they are fairly similar to one another when it comes to all of the
> functions, formatting, etc. Does FrontPage fall into the same category?

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Jayda - 02 Nov 2005 23:10 GMT

Does anyone have any recommendations as to which version of FrontPage is the
best?

> My personal opinion is that once you've managed to get around in Word,
> getting around in FrontPage isn't a big deal. HOWEVER (you knew that was
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> > out...they are fairly similar to one another when it comes to all of the
> > functions, formatting, etc. Does FrontPage fall into the same category?

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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] - 03 Nov 2005 01:23 GMT

I'm a believer in latest/greatest but others may have differing opinions. (I
hate starting out with an older version.)

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> Does anyone have any recommendations as to which version of FrontPage is
> the
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Rob Giordano (Crash) - 03 Nov 2005 15:11 GMT

For noobies FP2003 is the best (IMO) as it has the Split view which enables
you to see the html as you are working in Design...GREAT for learning.

| I'm a believer in latest/greatest but others may have differing opinions. (I
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