If you're using the newer IE then you have to reset it to display the menu bar. I did it a long time ago so had to poke around to find it. Mouse over the top of the browser window next to whatever icons you do have there, or under the address bar, and right click. Select "Menu bar" and it will appear and stay put.

I don't think Microsoft is making FrontPage any more. Dreamweaver is owned by Adobe now, and if you're going to buy and learn a new program you ought to go with that one. The learning curve to change programs is what gets me--I had to use FrontPage at work until they opened it up so we could use whatever html editor. By then I had FrontPage down and haven't had a chance to really learn Dreamweaver. But it is a better program if you're starting out. Expensive if you buy the entire suite, but if you need just the html editor (check the sales configuration at Adobe.com) it might not be so bad. And there are lots of other cheap and free html editors out there. Bill D has a list of free programs he uses and I'm sure he included an html editor. Perhaps he'll discover this thread, or you could send him a PM.

SRS