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3 Set the CSS options you want to apply to the selected text:
Format Sets the paragraph style of the selected text. Paragraph applies the default format for a tag, Heading 1
adds an H1 tag, and so on.
Style Displays the class style that is currently applied to the selected text. If no styles have been applied to the
selection, the pop-up menu shows No CSS Style. If multiple styles have been applied to the selection, the menu is
blank.
Use the Style menu to do any of the following:
• Select the style you want to apply to the selection.
• Select None to remove the currently selected style.
• Select Attach Style Sheet to open a dialog box that lets you attach an external style sheet.
Bold Applies either or to the selected text according to the style preference set in the General category
of the Preferences dialog box.
Italic Applies either or to the selected text according to the style preference set in the General category of
the Preferences dialog box.
Set HTML formatting in the Property inspector
1 Open the Property inspector (Window > Properties), if it isn’t already open.
2 Select the text you want to format.
3 Set the options you want to apply to the selected text:
Format Sets the paragraph style of the selected text. Paragraph applies the default format for a tag, Heading 1
adds an H1 tag, and so on.
Font Combination Applies the selected font combination to the text. Use the pop-up menu to select the font combi-
nation you want to apply, or select Edit Font List to create or edit a font combination.
Size Applies either a specific font size (1 through 7) or a font size (+ or –1 through + or –7) relative to the basefont
size (the default is 3).
Text Color Displays the text in the selected color. Select a web-safe color by clicking the color box, or enter a
hexadecimal value (for example, #FF0000) in the adjacent text field.
Bold Applies either or to the selected text according to the style preference set in the General category
of the Preferences dialog box.
Italic Applies either or to the selected text according to the style preference set in the General category of
the Preferences dialog box.
Left, Center, and Right Align Apply the respective alignment.
Link Creates a hypertext link of the selected text. Click the folder icon to browse to a file in your site; type the URL;
drag the Point-To-File icon to a file in the Files panel; or drag a file from the Files panel into the box.
Target Specifies the frame or window in which the linked document will load:
• _blank loads the linked file in a new, unnamed browser window.
•
_parent loads the linked file in the parent frameset or window of the frame that contains the link. If the frame
containing the link is not nested, the linked file loads into the full browser window.
•
_self loads the linked file in the same frame or window as the link. This target is implied, so you generally don’t
need to specify it.
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