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Article ID: 922038 - Last Review: July 13, 2006 - Revision: 1.1

You cannot collapse a list when you attach a Dynamic Web Template to a Web page in FrontPage 2003

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SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario. You attach a Dynamic Web Template to a Web page in Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003. Then, you click to select the Enable Collapsible Outlines check box. In this scenario, you cannot collapse a list when you preview the Web page.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
  • You add a bulleted list to an editable region on a Web page.
  • You select the list. Then, you configure options to make the list collapsible.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, create a collapsible list on the Dynamic Web Template. Then, attach the Dynamic Web Template to another Web page.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to reproduce the problem

  1. Create a new Web page in FrontPage 2003.
  2. Right-click the Web page, and then click Manage Editable Regions.
  3. In the Region name box, type a name for the editable region. For example, type Header, type Body, or type Footer.
  4. Click Add, and then click Close.
  5. On the File menu, click Save As.
  6. In the Save as type list, click Dynamic Web Template (*.dwt), and then click Save.
  7. On the File menu, click Open Site.
  8. In the File name box, type the name of the Web site, and then click Open.
  9. Create a new Web page.
  10. On the Format menu on the new Web page, point to Dynamic Web Template, and then click Attach Dynamic Web Template.
  11. Click the Dynamic Web Template that you saved in step 6, and then click Open.
  12. Add a bulleted list to an editable region.
  13. Right-click the list, and then click List Properties.
  14. Click to select the Enable Collapsible Outlines check box and the Initially Collapsed check box, and then click OK.
  15. In Page View, click Preview at the bottom of the document window.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
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