How to Label a Form Field in FrontPage

After you have created a form within your Microsoft FrontPage website, you will want to add labels to your form fields. Labels let the user know the purpose of the field and instruct them on what they need to do in order to fill out the form. Adding labels is a simple process that can be done in just a few quick steps, as outlined below.

Things You'll Need

• Microsoft FrontPage 2003

Instructions

1. Start Microsoft FrontPage and open the webpage that contains the form the form field you would like to label.

2. Double-click on the form field in your form that you would like to add a label. When you do this, a dialog box will pop up that contains the properties for the form field that you have selected.

3. Place your cursor in the "Name" textbox in the form field properties dialog box, and type a label for your form field. This is the label that will be displayed to the user when the form is accessed.

4. Click the "OK" button to close the properties dialog box and insert the label for the form field that you have selected.

Tips & Warnings

• Insert a form into your FrontPage website by choosing the "Insert" menu, pointing to "Form" and clicking on "Form."

• You can insert a form field into a form by choosing the "Insert" menu, pointing to "Form" and choosing which field you would like to insert into the form.

• Keep the labels for your form fields as short as possible and spelled correctly, in order to get the best results from your form.

• You must have a form and form fields created before you can label them on your webpage.