Word art?

G

Guest

If i use word art for some of my webpages will it show up not clear in other
browsers?

Also is it a good idea to use word art on webpages?
 
R

Ronx

Word Art uses absolute positioning (support varies between browsers and
operating systems) and VML graphics (only shows in IE5.5 and later, on PCs
running Windows.) For these reasons Word Art, and anything else produced by
the FrontPage or Office drawing tools, should be avoided in web pages.

You can produce your word art or drawing, then copy it to the clipboard and
paste into a graphics program. Then crop, optimise and save as a .gif or
..jpg; import the image into the web and insert onto pages.
 
G

Guest

I wish I had known this before I created my website. I figured since WordArt
was available in FrontPage that it would be supported. Anyway, your
instructions seem fairly simple, except to a novice such as me. I do not
have a graphics program and didn't really want to purchase one. Should I be
concerned that I used WordArt on my website? If so, any suggestions.

Thanks.
 
A

Andrew Murray

It may not show up at all in other browsers - it's not broadly supported by
anything other than Internet Explorer.

Try word art as an image (say using Image Composer, make your word art and save
as a jpg or gif) or using another MS image editor that has word art as part of
its program - Photo Editor?), rather than an XML object (which is what it is).

No, Word Art is an *obsolete* technology.
 
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=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo

Yes,,,don't use it..many browsers will not see it.

But you can use it in FP to create an image you like (using Word Arg), Print Scrn (which copies it to clipboard) then open Paint (comes with Windows) Paste from Clipboard...Crop your image then save it as ..jpg...inexpensive way of doing it.


| I wish I had known this before I created my website. I figured since WordArt
| was available in FrontPage that it would be supported. Anyway, your
| instructions seem fairly simple, except to a novice such as me. I do not
| have a graphics program and didn't really want to purchase one. Should I be
| concerned that I used WordArt on my website? If so, any suggestions.
|
| Thanks.
|
| "Ronx" wrote:
|
| > Word Art uses absolute positioning (support varies between browsers and
| > operating systems) and VML graphics (only shows in IE5.5 and later, on PCs
| > running Windows.) For these reasons Word Art, and anything else produced by
| > the FrontPage or Office drawing tools, should be avoided in web pages.
| >
| > You can produce your word art or drawing, then copy it to the clipboard and
| > paste into a graphics program. Then crop, optimise and save as a ..gif or
| > ..jpg; import the image into the web and insert onto pages.
| >
| > --
| > Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| >
| >
| > | > > If i use word art for some of my webpages will it show up not clear in
| > > other
| > > browsers?
| > >
| > > Also is it a good idea to use word art on webpages?
| >
| >
| >
 
W

Wes

I don't know why they continue to include it. It's useless as far as other
browsers are concerned.
 
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=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo

It's a tempting but almost worthless feature.


| I don't know why they continue to include it. It's useless as far as other
| browsers are concerned.
|
| | >I wish I had known this before I created my website. I figured since
| >WordArt
| > was available in FrontPage that it would be supported. Anyway, your
| > instructions seem fairly simple, except to a novice such as me. I do not
| > have a graphics program and didn't really want to purchase one. Should I
| > be
| > concerned that I used WordArt on my website? If so, any suggestions.
| >
| > Thanks.
| >
| > "Ronx" wrote:
| >
| >> Word Art uses absolute positioning (support varies between browsers and
| >> operating systems) and VML graphics (only shows in IE5.5 and later, on
| >> PCs
| >> running Windows.) For these reasons Word Art, and anything else produced
| >> by
| >> the FrontPage or Office drawing tools, should be avoided in web pages.
| >>
| >> You can produce your word art or drawing, then copy it to the clipboard
| >> and
| >> paste into a graphics program. Then crop, optimise and save as a ..gif or
| >> ..jpg; import the image into the web and insert onto pages.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| >> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| >>
| >>
| >> | >> > If i use word art for some of my webpages will it show up not clear in
| >> > other
| >> > browsers?
| >> >
| >> > Also is it a good idea to use word art on webpages?
| >>
| >>
| >>
|
|
 
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=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo

Actually it'd be really cool if the did work in other browsers...like gradient filled boxes, etc.


It's a tempting but almost worthless feature.


| I don't know why they continue to include it. It's useless as far as other
| browsers are concerned.
|
| | >I wish I had known this before I created my website. I figured since
| >WordArt
| > was available in FrontPage that it would be supported. Anyway, your
| > instructions seem fairly simple, except to a novice such as me. I do not
| > have a graphics program and didn't really want to purchase one. Should I
| > be
| > concerned that I used WordArt on my website? If so, any suggestions.
| >
| > Thanks.
| >
| > "Ronx" wrote:
| >
| >> Word Art uses absolute positioning (support varies between browsers and
| >> operating systems) and VML graphics (only shows in IE5.5 and later, on
| >> PCs
| >> running Windows.) For these reasons Word Art, and anything else produced
| >> by
| >> the FrontPage or Office drawing tools, should be avoided in web pages.
| >>
| >> You can produce your word art or drawing, then copy it to the clipboard
| >> and
| >> paste into a graphics program. Then crop, optimise and save as a ..gif or
| >> ..jpg; import the image into the web and insert onto pages.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| >> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| >>
| >>
| >> | >> > If i use word art for some of my webpages will it show up not clear in
| >> > other
| >> > browsers?
| >> >
| >> > Also is it a good idea to use word art on webpages?
| >>
| >>
| >>
|
|
 

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