Microsoft FrontPage Editor lets you create and edit Web pages without knowing HTML. It's all as easy as writing a letter because the FrontPage Editor automatically generates the right HTML code behind the scenes for you.

Supporting the latest Web standards, the FrontPage Editor automatically imports and converts existing text files into HTML; generates HTML 2.0 and the latest HTML 3.0 styles, such as bulleted and numbered lists and centred text; and displays hidden formatting and authoring commands so that you can control every aspect of a page's design.

Working with graphics is easy with automatic conversion of images into GIF or JPEG format. Create hotspots in seconds; simply trace an area and turn it into a clickable image map with the hotspot editor.

Hyperlinks have never been this simple. Use drag and drop or click a button to create hyperlinks within a page, to other pages, or to other Web sites.

With the flexible forms editor, you can easily create entire forms with text fields, check boxes, radio buttons, and drop-down lists. Wizards and templates help you generate entire Web sites or individual pages automatically. You can now create WYSIWYG tables, build custom pages and backgrounds-saving them as page templates, or use the new Frames Wizard to generate custom frame grids.

WebBot components provide rich functionality that would otherwise require complex CGI programming. Just drop them on your page to add interactive features such as navigation bars, threaded discussion groups, full-text searches, and forms handling.

Microsoft FrontPage provides powerful site-management tools that make it a breeze to control dynamic sites. Microsoft FrontPage Explorer gives you intuitive views of your complete Web site. Use the Outline View to see a hierarchical representation of your site, the Link View to see a graphic display of your site, or the Summary View to see a list of pages and other files in your site.

Auto-recalculate links automatically updates Web hyperlink references when you rename a file or move it to a new directory. Auto-verify links lists all broken links, both to local and external Web sites. What's more, if you correct a broken link, you can choose to correct all or just some of the pages that contain it.

FrontPage Explorer's site-management tools let you assign multiple team members to your Web site and allow them to work on the site simultaneously, either locally or remotely.

With the To Do List it's easy to name, track, and complete all unfinished Web tasks. Different groups can each maintain their part of a Web site. And you can add To Do List items automatically, using a wizard.

Full integration simplifies working with Microsoft Office applications. Microsoft FrontPage provides enhanced integration with the Microsoft Office family of applications, featuring the familiar Office interface look. FrontPage Explorer automatically launches the corresponding Microsoft Office application whenever you open any imported Web file that was created by that application. After you edit the file, FrontPage automatically adds it to the Web import list.

With additional menu commands for the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation graphics program, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word, you can open and save documents to and from a Microsoft FrontPage Web site as easily as opening a document from a disk- without leaving the Office application.

You can download these commands from the Microsoft Web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/FrontPage/

Microsoft FrontPage is designed to let people in different places collaborate simultaneously to create, update, and manage a web site.

Security features including encryption of client/server communications, assigned Web access rights, and support of proxy servers ensure collaboration and keep unauthorised visitors from modifying your Web site.

You can quickly copy your site to a new platform-across your LAN or over the Internet-while preserving all programming, controls, and image maps.

Microsoft FrontPage Personal Web Server , included in the box with Microsoft FrontPage, lets you publish and test a Web site on your own PC.