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inserting text

Inserting text in Dreamweaver is as simple as writing into any text editing program like Word.  The text properties are:

  • Format applies a default block style to the text.  Heading styles are used to apply a standardized hierarchical structure to formatted text.   The smaller the number of the heading, the bigger the heading will be. For example, Heading 1 describes the largest heading.  These formats are rendered and displayed based on how different browsers interpret the tags, offering little consistency and control over layout and appearance.
  • Font Combination applies the selected font combination to the text.  Browsers display text using the first font in the combination that is installed on the user's system.  Default specifies the default font for the selected text.  Common fonts for Netscape and IE include Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, and so on.
  • Size applies either a specific font size (1 through 7) or a font size (+ or -1 through + or -7) relative to the base font size (the default is 3). There is no way to specify a particular point size for fonts in an HTML tag; instead, use CSS style sheets to specify the size for different kinds of text.
  • Text Color displays the text in the selected color. Select a browser-safe color by clicking the color box, or enter a hexadecimal value (for example, #FF0000) in the adjacent text field.
  • Bold and Italic apply the respective style.
  • Left, Center, and Right Align apply the respective alignment.
  • Unordered List turns the selected paragraph or heading into an item in a bulleted list.  If no text is selected, a new bulleted list is started.
  • Ordered List turns the selected paragraph or heading into an item in a numbered list.  If no text is selected, a new numbered list is started.
  • Indent and out dent indent or remove indentation from the selected text by applying or removing the block quote tag.  In a list, indenting creates a nested list and removing the indentation unnests the list.

 

Figure 12a. The text menu in Dreamweaver.

 

Figure 12b. Inserting text in Dreamweaver.

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