[dba-Tech] FrontPage 2003 Text tool disabled???

...hhhmmm ...I just upgraded from FP2002 a couple months ago and have not
seen that on any of my FP2003 webs :(

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
To: <DBA-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 3:10 PM
Subject: [dba-Tech] FrontPage 2003 Text tool disabled???


> Hi,
>
> A client recently upgraded from FrontPage 2000 to FrontPage 2003.
>  Strange things have happened to the text boxes on his graphic images.
>  The ones that were in place have become rectangular hot spots with no
> destination.  When he tries to add a text box (click the Text tool on
> the Pictures toolbar), he finds the Text tool greyed out.  It is
> completely unresponsive.  I've looked it over - it is disabled.  The
> Help says that to add a Text-on-graphic component, one must have the
> right format for the graphic (.gif), which he does; one must click the
> Text tool on the Pictures toolbar, which he can't because the darned
> thing is not enabled.
>
> We figured out a workaround - creating a new layer above the layer on
> which the graphic is, and placing the text in it.  So, he can continue
> to maintain his website - but WHY isn't the Text tool enabled on the
> Pictures toolbar?  Has anyone else seen this behavior?  Have any ideas?
>  It's not popping up in the FAQ for FrontPage 2003 on the Microsoft
> site, and I didn't find postings on it in the first newsgroup I've
> scanned.  Got me stumped.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts,
> Tina
>
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