Dreamweaver 8: Enter and Format Text

• Create a New Paragraph • Create a Line Break • Align Text on a Page • Add Bold Text • Add Italic Text •

Dreamweaver works like any common word processing software.

You can set the font, size and alignment of text before you type it.
You can also highlight existing text, then access a feature and apply it.

Create a New Paragraph

HTML doesn’t display paragraph indents. Indicate a new paragraph by double-spacing.

Create a double space by hitting the Enter key.

Create a Line Break

If you want to start some text on a new line, but don't want to create a double space, you need to create a line break, i.e., a soft carriage return.

Create a soft carriage return by holding down the Shift key and pressing the Enter key.

Align Text on a Page

To adjust the alignment of text on a page:

highlight the text
click on the appropriate button on the Properties panel to
- align the text to the left
- center the text, or
- align the text to the right.

Reminder: if you don't see the Properties panel at the bottom of your document window, click on the down arrow

at the bottom of the screen.

Add Bold Text

To add boldface to your text:

highlight the text;
click on the Bold button on the Properties panel.

Add Italic Text

To italicize your text:

highlight the text;
click on the Italics button on the Properties panel.

Notice that there is no icon available for a command to underline your text.

Note: Don’t underline text on a web page; by convention, an underline indicates a hyperlink.

• Create and Title a Page • Enter and Format Text • Add Headlines and Horizontal Rules • Add an Address Footer • Check Spelling • Save and Preview a Page •