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face attribute, using with <font> tag, 181

fair use, determining, 168

fields, inserting in forms, 367. See also form field elements

< fieldset > (Form Field Grouping) element

overview of, 628-630

using with forms, 391-392

file extensions

relationship to URLs, 97-98

removing from URLs, 541

file protocol

description of, 99

examples of, 104-105

file system, explanation of, 96

filenames

considering lengths of, 542

relationship to URLs, 97-99

files

indicating with FTP, 105

requesting and referencing with HTTP URLs, 103

simplifying, 46

specifying with HTTP URLs, 103

filter extension to CSS in Microsoft, overview of, 782

:first-child selector in CSS2, example of, 329-330

:first-letter and :first-line pseudo-elements, examples of, 283

:first-letter selector, description and example of, 285

:first-line selector, description and example of, 285

fixed-screen navigation, providing with frames , 231

fixed value of CSS2 position property, explanation of, 333, 335

Flash animation, overview of, 263-265

float property, using with CSS1, 322-324

floating frames, overview of, 243-244

:focus pseudoclass

in CSS1, 282

in CSS2, 330

font elements, example of, 182-184

@font-face, using with Microsoft's dynamic fonts, 187-188, 360

font-family property, using with CSS1, 292-293

font files, embedding, 360

font properties

in CSS1, 295-297

in CSS2, 341

font- size property, using with CSS1, 293-294

font sizes

changing, 180-181

elements associated with, 81

font-style property, using with CSS1, 294

font-variant property, using with CSS1, 294-295

font-weight property, using with CSS1, 294

<font> (Font Definition) element

versus <big> and <small> tags, 82

overview of, 630-631

syntax of, 180

fonts. See also downloadable fonts

for Apple Macintosh, 822-824

deprecation of, 184

document-wide settings for, 185

downloadable fonts, 186-188

integrating with user preferences in CSS2, 352-353

for Macintosh, 822-824

for Microsoft platforms and browsers, 820-822

Microsoft's dynamic fonts, 188-189

overview of, 180-189

specifying, 819-825

TrueDoc dynamic fonts, 187-188

for UNIX systems, 824-825

Web fonts, 185-186

for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix, 181-182

for loops , using with JavaScript, 448

foreign language counting systems, support in CSS2, 341

form accessibility enhancements. See also browser-specific form accessibility improvements

keyboard improvements, 393-394

tooltips and form fields, 394-395

form control for file uploading, using, 387-388

form data, using for CGI input, 416-418

form elements

referring to, 453-454

using event attributes with, 443-445

form field attributes, overview of, 396

form field elements. See also fields

for accessibility, 394-395

buttons , 388-389

check boxes, 380-382

multiple-line text input, 375-376

passwords fields, 374-375

pull-down menus , 376-378

radio buttons, 382-383

Reset and Submit buttons, 384-385

scrolled lists, 379-380

sizing, 373

text fields, 372-376

form fields

accessing contents of, 453

updating contents of, 454

form presentation

and CSS, 400-402

with HTML, 397-399

form syntax, example of, 416

form validation library Web address, 461

form validation script, 467-471. See also validation

<form> (Form for User Input) element

action attributes used with, 367-368

enctype attributes used with, 370-371

get methods used with, 368-369

method attributes used with, 368-370

overview of, 366-367, 631-633

post methods used with, 369-370

requirements for use of, 367

forms

bad example of, 397

creating menu categories in, 379

example of, 371

<fieldset> and </fieldset> tag pair used with, 391-392

good example of, 399

hidden <input> type used with, 385-387

image <input> type used with, 385-387

interactivity of, 366

<legend> and </legend> tag pair used with, 391-392

preliminaries of, 366

and scripting, 402

use of, 365

using labels in, 390-391

using name and id attributes with, 371-372

wrapping text in, 376

FQDN (fully qualified domain name), explanation of, 94-95

&frac12; (one-half fraction) HTML character entity, description of, 802

&frac14; (one-quarter fraction) HTML character entity, description of, 802

&frac34; (three-fourths fraction) HTML character entity, description of, 802

fragment identifiers, setting with <a> (anchor) tags, 112

fragments , relationship to URLs, 100

frame attribute, using with tables, 225

frame borders, removing, 242

frame interface, example of, 232

frame layouts, overview of, 239-243

frame targeting, overview of, 237-239

<frame> (Window Region) element, overview of, 633-635

frames

ensuring naming of, 237

example of, 233-234

within frames, 239

overview of, 231-233

problems with, 245-246

setting scrolling on, 243

using, 244-245

<frameset> element, 9-10

example of, 233-234

overview of, 636-638

three-row, header-footer type of, 239

framesets, nesting, 239-240

FrontPage HTML development tool, overview of, 43

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

as authenticated protocol, 105

description of, 99

examples of, 105-106

functionality testing, performing for Web site projects, 50

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