HOW TO: Change the Default Editor in FrontPage 2002

This article explains how to change the default editor in Microsoft FrontPage 2002.

By default, FrontPage associates certain programs with certain file types. After an association exists between a program and a file type, FrontPage uses that program to open and edit files with that file-name extension. This program is known as the default editor. For example, the default editor that FrontPage uses for .xml files is Notepad. As a result, when you open an .xml file in FrontPage, the file is automatically opened in Notepad.

Use the procedure discussed in this article if you want to change the program that FrontPage associates with a given file type. By doing this, you change the program that FrontPage uses to edit files of that type. For example, you may want to change the default editor for .xml files from Notepad to WordPad.

How to Change the Default Editor in FrontPage

To change the program that FrontPage uses to edit a file, follow these steps:

1. Start FrontPage.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Configure Editors tab.
3. Double-click the file type associated with the editing program that you want to change, and then click Modify. For example, double-click xml.
4. In the Modify Editor Association dialog box, type the name of the program that you want FrontPage to use to open that type of file in the Editor name box. For example, type WordPad.
5. In the Command box, click Browse, and then locate the executable file (.exe) for the program that you specified in step 4. For example, navigate to C:\Program Files\Accessories\wordpad.exe to locate the WordPad executable file on a Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows Millennium (Me)-based computer. Then, click Open.
6. Click OK.
   
   The program that you specified as the editor for the file type is displayed in the Editor column.
7. Click OK.

REFERENCES

For more information about how to associate a program with a file type in FrontPage, click Microsoft FrontPage Help on the Help menu, type assign or change the program used to edit a file in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For additional information about how to troubleshoot error messages when you edit image files in FrontPage, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: