The next version of the company's FrontPage Web-authoring application is geared toward professional designers and developers.

Enhanced Web page design and publishing tools in the next edition of Microsoft FrontPage are tailored to the needs of professional Web authors as well as novice users.

It is offering the product as an upgrade to its Microsoft FrontPage Web authoring tool. In addition, Microsoft posted a public beta download of Expression Blend, its Windows-specific design software.