Using horizontal rules to separate text

You can use horizontal rules to separate your Web page into sections. Horizontal rules are objects that you can resize to be short or long, thick or thin.

Inserting a horizontal rule

You can insert horizontal rules anywhere in your page including inside table cells. To insert a horizontal rule:

  1. Place the insertion point where you want the horizontal rule to appear in the page.
  2. Choose Horizontal Rule from the Insert menu or click the Insert Horizontal Rule button on the toolbar.

    Claris Home Page inserts horizontal rules of a size commonly used by many Web page designers.

Changing the attributes of the horizontal rule

You can change the size and alignment of the horizontal rule and make it look like a solid line or recessed in the page

To change the attributes of a horizontal rule:

  1. Double-click the horizontal rule to open the Horizontal Rule Object Editor.

  2. Click either the Appearance or Extended tab to change the settings as appropriate, and then apply the settings by pressing Tab or clicking the close box of the Horizontal Rule Object Editor.

    Use this horizontal rule attribute setting

    To do this

    Height

    Change the thickness of the rule.

    Width

    Change the length of the rule. Choose Percent to make the length a percentage of the browser window's width. Choose Pixels to make the length a fixed amount that is not affected by the browser window's width.

    Alignment

    Change the alignment of the rule to the left side, right side, or center of the paragraph or page.

    Shade

    Make the rule look recessed. Deselect to make the rule solid.

    Extra HTML Attributes

    Add other HTML attributes to the horizontal rule. (This is an advanced feature that requires knowledge of HTML; it specifies additional parameters for the <HR> tag. For more information, see Adding extra HTML to your page.

Tip You can also use the mouse to change the thickness of a horizontal rule. Click the rule to select it and drag the handle at the bottom of the rule up or down.

 

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