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Paragraphs Formats
The next two sections discuss ways to
format the text in your web pages.
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Formatting
An overview of format styles in Composer
There are two types of format styles
available to you in Composer:
- Paragraph formats: includes heading levels and
alignment options, and affects all paragraph in the selected block
of text.
- Character formats: includes font types, styles,
sizes, and colors.
This section discusses Paragraph formats. The next
section discusses Character formats.
Overview
To apply paragraph styles in Composer:
- Select the text and then choose a paragraph style
and/or alignment option from the Formatting toolbar.
- Select the text and then choose an item from the Format
menu (or in Windows, right-click the selected text and then choose
Paragraph/List Properties from the pop-up menu).
- Select the text and then choose Format|Character
Properties to see the Character Properties dialog. Then
select the Paragraph tab
Paragraph formatting affects all paragraphs in the
selection, or the paragraph in which the insertion point located.
These paragraph formats are available in Composer:
In addition to the formats mentioned above, you
can also apply center, right-justify and left-justify alignment options.
Headings 1-6
Headings divide sections of text. HTML defines six
heading levels, which is reflected in the six heading choices available
from the Paragraph control on the Format Tools toolbar, or by choosing Heading
from the Format menu. The headings differ from regular text by their type
size.
Examples of heading levels:
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Heading 4
Heading 5
Heading 6
Address
This format is used for a Web page
"signature" that indicates who wrote the page and who to contact
for more information, for example:
Carlos_Goldstein@netscape.com
You might want to also include the date, any
copyright notices, and other applicable information. This format usually
appears at the bottom of the Web page and is often preceded by a
Horizontal Line.
List Item
The List Item style formats text in a list with a
special symbol or bullet at the beginning of each line. The Composer
provides support for the following types of lists:
Unnumbered: Preceded by a bullet or other
symbol.
Numbered: Preceded by numbers or letters.
Directory: Lists of short items that
display horizontally in columns, such as DOS directory listings.
Menu: Lists of short items but without any
bullets or numbers.
Description: Sometimes called a Definition
or Glossary list. Lists of definitions or when an indented list is
needed.
Note: Netscape Navigator does not support
display of the Directory and Menu styles, but other browsers may display
them.
Tip: In Windows 95, you can right-click your
mouse anywhere in a paragraph and choose Paragraph/List properties
to select a list type from the dialog.
Description
Title
Use the Description Title format for glossaries,
definition lists, or other situations where left-justified short entries
pair up with longer blocks of indented text. Usually used in combination
with the Description Text format, as in this example:
Glossary Term
Use the Description Text format to indent
lines of text, such as listings of definitions in a glossary or other
kinds of list. Use Description Title to format the glossary term
itself.
Description Text
Use the Description Text format for glossaries or
other kinds of lists where a single term or line needs to be associated
with a block of indented text, for example:
- Glossary Term
- Use the Description Text format to indent
lines of text, such as listings of definitions in a glossary or other
kinds of list. Use Description Title to format the glossary
term itself.
The Paragraph
Properties dialog
About the Paragraph Properties dialog
Lets you specify a paragraph style and text
alignment for the selected paragraph(s). If you select the list Item
paragraph style, additional list-specific options become available.
Paragraph style - The available paragraph
styles you can apply to the selected paragraph.
Additional style - Additional attributes for
the paragraph style you've selected. Select List to enable the list
and Number/Bullet style fields which allow you to specify the type
of list you want in your document. The Block Quote attribute can be used
w/ any paragraph style.
List style - The type of list you want.
Select the Unnumbered, Numbered, Directory, Menu,
or Description List style.
Number/Bullet Style - Specify the type of
sequential indicator to use for Numbered lists, such as 1,2,3, or A,B,C.
Bullet: specify the type of bullet to use (square, circle, or open square)
for the Unnumbered list style.
Starting number - The number with which to
begin a Numbered list. Type a number in the box.
Align - Lets you specify whether to align the
selected paragraph to the left, right, or center of the page.
Note: Netscape Navigator does not support the
Directory or Menu styles (it displays these text styles as Normal), but
other browsers may display them. Click OK to make the specified
changes and close the dialog box. Click Apply to preview the changes
you've specified and then click Close to accept the changes and exit the
dialog box.
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