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RE: <em> v. <i> and <strong> v. <b>

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From: jeb
Date: Sep 5, 2003 10:00AM

Thank you to all who have answered my questions (rather quickly I note!).

Unfortunately, I don't like your answers <grin>. I was thinking it was
merely a situation of search and replace all my <b>s with <strong>s - etc.
Now, I realize that I need to actually read all of this stuff and determine
if it is something that is merely presentational or something requiring
emphasis. Yuck!

To answer Julian's question, no, the current version of FrontPage always
renders the <b> and <i> - However, I just discovered something very
interesting. After I convert all of the <b>s to <strong> I can then "remove"
the bolding (same thing with the italics) using the appropriate button icon
on the tool bar. What is happening in the code is FP leaves in the <strong>
or <em> and simply adds a font-style element returning the text to "normal."
If I click the button again, it replaces the <strong> or <em>.

BTW, I checked on a page that a colleague of mine made using Dreamweaver and
his bolding is created with CSS. I'm guessing that that is an internal
feature of Dreamweaver. FP is coming out with a new version next month -
hopefully there will be some major improvements - or perhaps it is time to
make the switch to DW.

So, it looks like I have my work cut out for me. Thanks everyone!

jeb

John E. Brandt
Augusta, ME 04330

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