Microsoft FrontPage 2003
Bulleted Lists: Working with Picture Bullets
As a default, the bullet character in a bulleted (unordered) list is the bullet character from the font being used by the browser. FrontPage calls these bullets plain bullets. But you can also use pictures, GIF or JPEG files, for the bullet character in a list. FrontPage calls these bullets picture bullets.
No matter what you use when creating a web page, always make sure you have your audience in mind. When using picture bullets, users with visual disabilities may have a hard time interpreting the information if not created correctly.
Applying Picture Bullets
When using picture bullets, you can use the bullet from a file or the theme. A theme is a collection of page elements, such as color schemes, fonts, bullets, and navigational bars, that are uniformly applied to all the pages in a FrontPage document, which is defined and maintained in the FrontPage Explorer program.
Applying a Picture Bullet from a File
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Select the list you want to change
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From the Format menu, select Bullets and Numbering...
The Bullets and Numbering dialog box appears. -
Select the Picture Bullets tab
The preview window displays any picture bullets already in use. If none are in use, the window shows gray squares for bullets. -
In the Picture section, select Specify picture
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Click BROWSE...
The Select Picture dialog box appears. -
From the Look in pull-down list, navigate to and select the appropriate picture
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Click OPEN
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OPTIONAL: To use collapsible outlines, select Enable Collapsible Outlines
NOTE: For a definition of collapsible outlines, refer to Bulleted and Numbered List Basics: Terminology. -
Click OK
Applying a Picture Bullet from a Theme
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Select the list you want to change
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From the Format menu, select Bullets and Numbering...
The Bullets and Numbering dialog box appears. -
Select the Picture Bullets tab
The preview window displays any picture bullets already in use. If none are in use, the window shows gray squares for bullets. -
In the Picture section, select Use pictures from current theme
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OPTIONAL: To use collapsible outlines, select Enable Collapsible Outlines
NOTE: For a definition of collapsible outlines, refer to Bulleted and Numbered List Basics: Terminology. -
Click OK
Making Picture Bullets Accessible for the Vision-Impaired
For people with visual disabilities, trying to understand picture bullets can be very difficult. A screen reader is necessary for visually impaired people to have information from the Web read to them. However, if picture bullets are not used correctly, the screen reader will misinterpret the bullet and confuse the user. Here is a way you can make your image bullets accessible to all users.
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Insert the word "bullet" or use an asterisk (*) as alternate text
For instruction on how to insert alternate text, refer to Working with Images: Assigning Alternate Text for Images.
