FP can lock it's layout but not its Text?

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What other programs can?

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michaelangelo said:
Other programs can but FP2003 Can't? Anyone have any suggestions?
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text where? your meta tags? encase them in editable regions, if you mean
they are being overwritten. I presume your talking about a dwt?

There are no other programs that lock text ... dreamweaver and FrontPage 03
can both use dwt .. if your not talking about that what are you talking
about?

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Thank you, I will look into "encasing in editable regions" I have found that
my website would distort if a browser was set at a different text size. But,
I have since opened other people's websites and they were not effected by
Text Size changes. Even Yahoo the layout would grow with the text, guessing
that's some for of the % sizing deal.
 
Since learning that my webpage distortions come from many the text changing
sizes in different browser window TEXT SIZE listings. I have found some of my
most frequented sites appear not to be affected when I change the TEXT Size
setting. I want to be able to do that with FP, and this is how I came to my
conclusion since I was told the other day on my post that it can not be done.

Another now has responed talking about "Editable regions" I have seen the
term, would you agree that's my next area to learn to solve my text changing
sizes?

Michaelangelo
 
This is not a FP issue...

IE give the appearance that you can have a site where the text size can not be changed, however
visit one of those sites in IE, then go to Tools | Internet Options | Accessibility button and you
we see the you can change the size of the text, unless the text is part of a image.

Using a DWT has no impact on text size control.

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Or visit one in any other modern browser, and you don't need to reset any
options - Safari, FireFox, Mozilla, NN, Opera all can resize text
willy-nilly....

You wouldn't believe how many sites break when you do this.
 
michaelangelo said:
Thank you, I will look into "encasing in editable regions" I have found that
my website would distort if a browser was set at a different text size. But,
I have since opened other people's websites and they were not effected by
Text Size changes. Even Yahoo the layout would grow with the text, guessing
that's some for of the % sizing deal.
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You misunderstand what I meant about DWT and editable regions ... I was
merely guessing that you might mean your meta tags were being overwritten...
but this is not what your talking about so that thread has no bearing on
your problem.

You can configure your formatting with CSS .. but you don't want to Lock the
size of the text ... otherwise your site might not be accessible or even
readable to all depending on your notion of what size you want the text to
be .... not everyone's eyesight is the same as yours ... many need to make
text larger just to read the page.

When my dad visits I enlarge the text if we are working on something
together so he can read it.

Layout wise you can sort that problem by using percentage on tables so that
the site is fluid and expands and contracts with the resolution of the
browser window.. the lowest size to design for in general terms is 800x600.

Accessibility and usability first ..eye candy second.

hth

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