FP: How to Change the Color of a Marquee

Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
Article ID: Q161422
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for the Power Macintosh, version 1.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to change the color of an item within a Marquee tag. To create a Marquee tag in FrontPage 98, open a page in FrontPage Editor, point to Active Elements on the Insert menu, and then click Marquee.(In FrontPage 97 and FrontPage for the Macintosh, click Marquee on the Insert menu in FrontPage Editor.)

The Marquee tag is supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 2.0 and later; it is not supported by Netscape Navigator.

MORE INFORMATION

The Marquee Properties dialog box contains a drop-down box for selecting the marquee color.

  • To show the Marquee Properties dialog box in FrontPage Editor, right-click the marquee and click Marquee Properties on the shortcut menu.

    If you select Default for the marquee background color, the marquee background will be the same color as the page background.

  • To change the color of the text in a marquee, select the marquee and click the Text Color button. Or, select the marquee and click Font on the Format menu in FrontPage Editor. Change the font color using the Color drop-down box in the Font dialog box.

It is not possible to place a background image in a marquee or to make a marquee transparent.

Netscape Navigator is manufactured by Netscape Communications Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.


Additional query words: 97
Keywords : fpedit kbusage kbdta
Version : windows:97,98; macintosh:1.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Hardware : MAC x86
Issue type : kbhowto


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Last reviewed: March 18, 1998
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