Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 41)

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Workspace and workflow
Last updated 6/3/2015
Set Fonts preferences for documents in Dreamweaver
A document’s encoding determines how the document appears in a browser. Dreamweaver font preferences let you
view a given encoding in the font and size you prefer. The fonts you select in the Fonts Preferences dialog, however,
only affect the way fonts appear in Dreamweaver; they do not affect the way the document appears in a visitor’s browser.
To change the way fonts appear in a browser, you need to change the text by using the Property inspector or by applying
a CSS rule.
For information on setting a default encoding for new documents, see Creating and opening documents .
1 Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh).
2 Select Fonts from the Category list on the left.
3 Select an encoding type (such as Western European or Japanese) from the Font Settings list.
Note: To display an Asian language, you must be using an operating system that supports double-byte fonts.
4 Select a font and size to use for each category of the selected encoding.
Note: To appear in the font pop-up menus, a font must be installed on your computer. For example, to see Japanese text
you must have a Japanese font installed.
Proportional Font The font that Dreamweaver uses to display normal text (for example, text in paragraphs,
headings, and tables). The default depends on your system’s installed fonts. For most U.S. systems, the default is
Times New Roman 12 pt. (Medium) on Windows and Times 12 pt. on Mac OS.
Fixed Font The font Dreamweaver uses to display text within pre, code, and tt tags. The default depends on your
system’s installed fonts. For most U.S. systems, the default is Courier New 10 pt. (Small) on Windows and Monaco
12 pt. on Mac OS.
Code View The font used for all text that appears in the Code view and Code inspector. The default depends on your
system’s installed fonts.
Customize Dreamweaver highlighting colors
Use the Highlighting preferences to customize the colors that identify template regions, library items, third-party tags,
layout elements, and code in Dreamweaver.
Change a highlighting color
1 Select Edit > Preferences and select the Highlighting category.
2 Beside the object you want to change the highlighting color for, click the color box, and then use the color picker to
select a new color, or enter a hexadecimal value.
Activate or deactivate highlighting for an object
1 Select Edit > Preferences and select the Highlighting category.
2 Beside the object you want to activate or deactivate highlighting color for, select or deselect the Show option.
Restore default preferences
For procedures on restoring default Dreamweaver preferences, see Tech Note 83912 .