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 | Formatting |
| Overview |
| Headings 1-6 |
| Address |
| List Item |
| Description Title |
| Description Text |
| The Paragraph Properties dialog |
- 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.
Formatting
An overview of format styles in Composer
There are two types of format styles available to you in Composer:
This section discusses Paragraph formats. The next section discusses Character formats.
| 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:
| Headings |
| Address |
| List Item |
| Description Title |
| Description Text |
- 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.
In addition to the formats mentioned above, you can also apply center, right-justify and left-justify alignment options.
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:
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.