Click the Project
tab and open the Style Sheets folder.
Double-click the style sheet file (.CSS) you want to
change. The Styles dialog
opens.
If the Hide
inherited styles check box is selected, remove the check mark to
see all styles in the Styles list.
From Available
in, select the style sheet name.
From the Styles
list, select the style
to base the new style on (for example, Normal), then click New.
The New Style dialog opens.
In the Name
text box, enter the name
of the new style (for example, "NormalIndent") you want to create.
Type right over the text that is displayed. The style name cannot include
any characters other than letters and numbers and cannot begin with a number.
Under Style
type, select Paragraph or
Character. Paragraph
styles apply to entire paragraphs such as Normal, Heading 1, Heading 2,
etc. Character styles apply to selected blocks of text such as Subscript,
Plain Text, Code, etc.
If you select Paragraph,
you need to determine which style to use for subsequent paragraphs. Under
Style for following paragraph,
select the style you want to apply from the drop-down list.
To further customize the
new style, click Format and
select the attributes you want to change.
Click OK
to save your settings.
Repeat these steps for
each new style you want to create.
Click Close
when you finish creating styles.
Click the Project
tab and open the Style Sheets folder.
Double-click the style
sheet file (.CSS) you want to change. The Styles
dialog opens.
If the Hide inherited
styles check box is selected, remove the check mark to see all styles
in the Styles list.
From the Styles
list, select the style
to customize (for example, Normal).
Click Modify.
The Modify Style dialog opens.
Click the Format
button and from the drop-down list, select
the style attributes you want to change.
When finished modifying the style, click OK.
Repeat steps 4 through 7 for each style you want
to customize.
To create the style "NormalIndent," base the new style on
Normal, click New,
enter NormalIndent directly in
the Name text box, and then click
the Format button, select Paragraph, and set the Left
Indent for 6 pt. Click OK
to save the new style.
Creating new
styles in external style sheets
You can create new styles and add them to your style sheets (.CSS files).
Styles in style sheets are available to all topics that are linked to the
style sheet. You can create any number of styles to suit your design needs.
In addition, all HTML style sheets include a variety of default styles
(Normal, Heading 1, etc.) that you can customize.
Any changes
you make to an external style sheet are incorporated into every topic attached
to the style sheet. Once your changes have been saved, they become part
of the style sheet. You cannot undo applied changes to an external style
sheet.
Netscape
Navigator cannot correctly interpret paragraph level embedded styles and
style sheet styles when they are applied to paragraphs containing form
elements. If you want to apply a paragraph style to a paragraph containing
a form element, use inline styles (select the form element and use the
Formatting toolbar) or character level styles.