>Hi Curtis (and Tom via CC: to save me typing),
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>>I'm no expert, but my experience with HTML is that it's very difficult to say where things will show up precisely. That's because you don't know what size screen, etc. that the document will ultimately be displayed upon.
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>>I use HTML tables when I want things to line up properly, but even that changes depending upon other factors.
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>>If you're looking for precision placement you'll need a word processing document or a PDF file.
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>I guess I'm learning that placement is a real problem.
>I found (and used for my learning) a "position absolutely" feature.
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>The problem I have with it is that, to get things to look correct in Preview I find that I have to overlap bits of one with another in virtually every case. This makes for one nasty looking and nasty to use (clicking on one sometimes selects the other because they're so close). Even the fonts are a different size in "Normal" versus "Preview"!
>Not to mention that flipping back and forth, Normal/Preview, is a pain as the only obvious way to do so is way down at the bottom left so mousing for nothing is a standard feature (as it seems).
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>My concern overall is that, people saying that it is a pretty good product for simpler page design suggests strongly to me that there's something basic that I'm missing. [surely people don't rate a product as 'pretty good' with this kind of useability]
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>Thanks both,
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>JimN

Jim;

As a developer I like to have control over what I am doing - well - as much as possible. I am told that the latest version of FrontPage is great - but the people who say this to me are not developers - they are more like "appliance operators". A bit like the guys that use wizards in VFP and VB and call themselves developers. So for me front page is out of the question - I want control down to the pixel.

I remember when Front Page would blow up ASP code and re write itself creating a pile of junk text. Many people I knew who were developers complained about this all the time.

The first fun project I did was a web page for my self - and used "Hot Dog". It had a 30 day free trial and my daughter opened it up against my orders. The last day I was "authorized to use it" I had only 1 1/2 hours to play with it. I had lots of fun and decided to learn HTML, etc. Then I re-did my web page with HTML and learned a lot. Next I tied ASP into my web development and three years later I am working full time doing this kind of thing. The good news is that I am paid to do it. Having fun can go so far - have to keep the kids in college and all that. So you see I am not a advocate of Front Page or anything that even remotely resembles a "wiazrd"! Such a nasty word in my book!

Tom