Dreamweaver Tutorials

Creating Text

As you begin typing you will notice several similarities to any word processor you have worked with. You can start typing on the page just like a word processor, from the properties inspector at the bottom you can control the font, color, an alignment just like a word processor. There are two typeface buttons bold (1) and italic (2). There are four justification keys left (3), center

(4), right (5), and left/right (6). You can create a bulleted list (7), called an unordered list on the net or a number list (8), called an ordered.

Text can be indented (9) or outdented (10). This applies to the entire paragraph not just the first line. It is important to note that because every browser reads them differently, neither tabs nor extra spaces are read in HTML to ensure pages are as similar as possible. As a result, when you enter a tab or more than one space the character is ignored. It is never a good idea to use spaces to arrange items on a page since they will shift from computer to computer, but occasionally an extra space or two is needed for emphasis. To insert more than one blank space: From the Insert/Object window select the text tab. On the far right is a small down arrow. Click on the arrow and select Non-Breaking Space. You will have to repeat this for every extra space you need. Since indented first lines are not used to separate paragraphs. The standard internet style is to place a blank line between them. Whenever you enter a return, Dreamweaver inserts a close paragraph tag </P> which includes a line break providing that space. If you should need a line break without the space hold the shift key and enter the return. The cursor will drop to the next line without leaving a gap.