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FP2000: No Icon for Script, Formatting, or Inserted HTML

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This article was previously published under Q206136
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 174425� (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174425/EN-US/ ) .

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Symptoms

When you insert an HTML, JavaScript, or Visual Basic Scripting Edition component, or add page elements (such as paragraph or line breaks), you do not see the format marks or placeholder icons that indicate you have inserted these elements on your page.

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Cause

This behavior occurs when the Show All command on the standard toolbar is not selected (not depressed).

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Resolution

Method 1: Use Reveal Tags

On the View menu, click the down arrow to reveal all the commands on the menu. Click Reveal Tags.

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Use the hot key for the Reveal Tags command:

Ctrl+/

Method 2: Use the Show All command

On the Standard toolbar, click Show All to turn on the formatting marks for the page.

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Use the hot key for the Show All command:

Ctrl+*

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More information

The Reveal Tags command will show most major HTML tags in the body of the active document. This will not show all tags; however, it will show:

   - <P> tags
   - <table> tags
   - <B>, <I>, and <U> tags
   - JavaScript
   - VB Script
   - Inserted HTML

The Show All command in FrontPage is designed to give you a visual representation of code or formatting that is not visible at design-time.

The following items will appear as an icon in FrontPage if Format Marks is turned on: 

   - Paragraphs
   - Line Breaks
   - JavaScript
   - VB Script
   - Inserted HTML

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Keywords: KB206136, kbprb

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Article Info
Article ID : 206136
Revision : 1
Created on : 3/4/2002
Published on : 3/4/2002
Exists online : False
Views : 311