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Editing the font list

Font combinations in the Contribute font list determine how a browser displays text in your web page. Each font you see in the Font menu represents the first font in that font combination. You can edit the font combinations in Contribute.

A browser uses the first font in a font combination that is installed on the website visitor’s computer. If none of the fonts in the combination are installed, the browser displays the text as specified by the visitor’s browser preferences.

To edit the font list:

  1. In your draft, select Format > Font > Edit Font List, or select Edit Font List from the Style pop-up menu in the toolbar.
  2. The Edit Font List dialog box appears.


    Edit Font List dialog box

  3. Select a font combination in the Font list section.
  4. The fonts in the selected combination appear in the Chosen fonts section. The Available fonts section lists fonts that are installed on your computer.

  5. Choose from the following options:
Adding a font that is not installed on your computer is useful, for example, for specifying a Windows-only font when you are developing pages on a Macintosh.
  1. Click OK when you finish editing the font list.

Changing text style

You can change text style to bold, italic, or underlined. Other text styles include strikethrough, emphasis, strong, and fixed width.

Note: Emphasis and Strong apply the same style as Italic and Bold, but use different HTML tags. Your website administrator determines which tag Contribute actually inserts.

To make text bold, italic, or underlined:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to change.
  2. Do one of the following:
This option is not available if you are working in a table. It is not good practice to use the underline style in web pages because website visitors might mistake underlined text for link text. You should use a style other than underline to emphasize text.

To make text strikethrough, emphasized, strong, or fixed width:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to change.
  2. Do one of the following:
This option is not available if you are working in a table.

Applying text color

You can change the color of text or you can highlight text.

To change text color:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to change.
  2. Do one of the following:
This option is not available if you are working in a table.
  1. Do one of the following:

To highlight text:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to highlight.
  2. Click the Highlight button in the toolbar or select Format > Highlight Color.
  3. The color selector or the Highlight Color dialog box appears.

  4. Do one of the following:

Applying styles to text

The Contribute Styles menu has a few built-in HTML styles that you can apply to a paragraph or heading in your text. For example, you might apply a preset heading style to differentiate headings from other content.

Note: You will not see HTML styles if your website administrator has disabled them.

In addition to the Contribute styles, you might see Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) styles provided by your website administrator or designer. If these styles are available, you should use them instead of the built-in styles provided by Contribute.

Note: You cannot attach a Cascading Style Sheet to a page in Contribute to add more styles; use Macromedia Dreamweaver to attach a style sheet. To enable or disable CSS styles in Contribute, talk to your website administrator or see Setting style and font permissions.

When you press Enter after text that has a style applied, Contribute applies the same style to the next line, unless the previous text was a heading. When you press Enter after a heading, the next line of text is in paragraph style.

To change the text style:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to change or place the insertion point within the text.
  2. Do one of the following:

To clear the current text style:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to change, or place the insertion point within the text.
  2. Select Normal from the Styles pop-up menu in the toolbar.
  3. Note: You can also select Format > Style, then select Remove Paragraph Breaks. This option clears the style and removes any paragraph tags around the selection.

Aligning text

You can choose any of four text alignment options: Left, Center, Right, and Justify.

To change text alignment:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to change, or place the insertion point within the text.
  2. Note: Contribute applies alignment to the entire paragraph, even if you select specific text in the paragraph.

  3. Do one of the following:

Indenting text

In Contribute you can use the toolbar to indent or outdent text. You can indent or outdent text multiple times, further increasing or decreasing the space at the beginning of the text. This feature indents or outdents the entire paragraph, not just the first line of the paragraph.

To indent or outdent text:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to change or place the insertion point within the text.
  2. Do one of the following:

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