The doctype affects 2 thing
- the rendering by browser
- validation (if you use it)
See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...c_fp2003_ta/html/odc_fpWorkingWithDocType.asp
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| Steve,
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| Thanks. A follow-on: If pages were created without a doctype and the
| doctype is inserted later, will that have any effect one way or another?
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| selfi
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| "Steve Easton" wrote:
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| > The doctype is determined by you when creating the web page.
| > FP will author to any doctype you select.
| > You need to determine what is needed for your web and it's pages.
| >
| > A safe one to use for a standard html page is:
| >
| > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
| > "
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
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| > Steve Easton
| > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > 95isalive
| > This site is best viewed............
| > ........................with a computer
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| >
| >
| > | > > What version of html is used in FrontPage 2003? What is the appropriate
| > > doctype declaration to use on a web page created with this version? Can
| > > the
| > > same doctype declaration be used if html from another source is pasted
| > > into a
| > > web page created with FrontPage 2003?
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| > > selfi
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