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Set text properties in the Property inspector

You can use the text Property inspector to apply HTML formatting or Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) formatting. HTML formatting lets you select text formatting options such as font, size, bold, and italic, while CSS formatting lets you apply a CSS class style to the selected text.

Set CSS 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 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 <p> 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 <b> or <strong> to the selected text according to the style preference set in the General category of the Preferences dialog box.

    Italic
    Applies either <i> or <em> 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 <p> 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 combination 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 <b> or <strong> to the selected text according to the style preference set in the General category of the Preferences dialog box.

    Italic
    Applies either <i> or <em> 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.

    • _top loads the linked file in the full browser window, thereby removing all frames.

    Unordered List
    Creates a bulleted list of the selected text. If no text is selected, a new bulleted list is started.

    Ordered List
    Creates a numbered list of the selected text. If no text is selected, a new numbered list is started.

    List Item
    Opens the List Properties dialog box.

    Indent and Outdent
    Indent or remove indentation from the selected text by applying or removing the blockquote tag. In a list, indenting creates a nested list and removing the indentation unnests the list.