FP2003. Autoshapes are dimmed out in all situations I have tried, and I am
not sure what process I use to "turn" them on. Any ideas out there? I can
make an autoshape in Word and copy/paste it to FP, but would like to use this
feature within the app.
Thanks

Choose Tools, Page Options, Authoring, then select all the check boxes and
set the drop-down lists to Custom, Custom, IE5.

You should know, however, that there are serious problems using Autoshapes
with any browser other than IE. Refer to:

Top Ten Traps for New FrontPage Designers
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tip...ow.aspx?tip=29

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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|| Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
|| Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
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|| Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
|| Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
|| Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
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"proudmoose" wrote:

> FP2003. Autoshapes are dimmed out in all situations I have tried, and I am
> not sure what process I use to "turn" them on. Any ideas out there? I can
> make an autoshape in Word and copy/paste it to FP, but would like to use this
> feature within the app.
> Thanks

Good advice. Excellent website you have. Thanks. I've bookmarked it and
passed it on to my friends.

"Jim Buyens" wrote:

> Choose Tools, Page Options, Authoring, then select all the check boxes and
> set the drop-down lists to Custom, Custom, IE5.
>
> You should know, however, that there are serious problems using Autoshapes
> with any browser other than IE. Refer to:
>
> Top Ten Traps for New FrontPage Designers
> http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tip...ow.aspx?tip=29
>
> Jim Buyens
> Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> http://www.interlacken.com
> Author of:
> *----------------------------------------------------
> |\---------------------------------------------------
> || Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
> || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> ||---------------------------------------------------
> || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> || (All from Microsoft Press)
> |/---------------------------------------------------
> *----------------------------------------------------
>
> "proudmoose" wrote:
>
> > FP2003. Autoshapes are dimmed out in all situations I have tried, and I am
> > not sure what process I use to "turn" them on. Any ideas out there? I can
> > make an autoshape in Word and copy/paste it to FP, but would like to use this
> > feature within the app.
> > Thanks