About authoring modes

Authoring modes enable you to turn support on or off for groups of features or for one feature at a time.

By using authoring modes in Microsoft FrontPage, you can design your Web pages for compatibility with specific browsers and technologies, as well as control the types of code that are added to your pages.

By designing your pages for browser compatibility, you can help ensure that your site visitors have a better experience browsing your Web site. By having control over the types of code that FrontPage adds to your pages, you can edit your pages more easily in Code view.

When you choose an authoring mode, the authoring mode appears in the lower right portion of the status bar. It is important to note the authoring mode you are using, because some FrontPage features are unavailable in specific authoring modes.

Note  If you choose a specific authoring mode, menu commands that are not supported will be unavailable as long as you are in that authoring mode.