Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - Manual (Page 247)

DREAMWEAVER CS3
User Guide
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Change the color of selected text
❖ Select the text and do one of the following:
• Select a color by clicking the color box in the Property inspector.
• Select Text > Color, select a color from the system color picker, and then click OK.
• Enter the color name or hexadecimal number directly in the Property inspector field.
Return text to the default color
1 In the Property inspector, click the color box to open the palette of web-safe colors.
2 Click the Strike-through button (the white square button with a red line through it, found in the upper-right
corner).
Align text
You align text on the page using the Property inspector or the Text > Align submenu. You can center any element on
a page using the Text > Align > Center command.
Align text on a page
1 Select the text you want to align or simply insert the pointer at the beginning of the text.
2 Click an alignment option (Left, Right, or Center) in the Property inspector, or select Text > Align and select an
alignment command.
Center page elements
1 Select the element (image, plug-in, table, or other page element) you want to center.
2 Select Text > Align > Center.
Note: You can align and center complete blocks of text; you cannot align or center part of a heading or part of a
paragraph.
Indent text
Using the Indent command applies the blockquote HTML tag to a paragraph of text, indenting text on both sides
of the page.
1 Place the insertion point in the paragraph you want to indent.
2 Click the Indent or Outdent button in the Property inspector, select Text > Indent or Outdent, or select List >
Indent or Outdent from the context menu.
Note: You can apply multiple indents to a paragraph. Each time you select this command, the text indents further from
both sides of the document.
Add paragraph spacing
Dreamweaver works similarly to many word processing application: you press Enter (Windows) or Return
(Macintosh) to create a new paragraph. Web browsers automatically insert a blank line of space between paragraphs.
You can add a single line of space between paragraphs by inserting a line break.
Add a paragraph return
❖ Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
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