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Chapter 13:  Inserting and Formatting Text

Aligning text

You align text on the page using the Property inspector or the Text > Align submenu. You can 
center any element on a page using the Text > Align > Center command.

To align text:

1.

Select the text you want to align or simply insert the pointer at the beginning of the text.

2.

Click an alignment option (Left, Right, or Center) in the Property inspector, or select 
Text > Align and select an alignment command.

To center elements:

1.

Select the element (image, plug-in, table, or other page element) you want to center.

2.

Select Text > Align > Center.

Indenting text 

Using the Indent command applies the 

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 HTML tag to a paragraph of text, 

indenting text on both sides of the page.

To indent text and remove indentation:

1.

Place the insertion point in the paragraph you want to indent.

2.

Click the Indent or Outdent button in the Property inspector, select Text > 
Indent or Outdent, or select List > Indent or Outdent from the context menu.

Adding paragraph spacing

Dreamweaver works similarly to many word processing application: you press Enter 
(Windows) or Return (Macintosh) to create a new paragraph. Web browsers automatically 
insert a blank line of space between paragraphs. You can add a single line of space between 
paragraphs by inserting a line break.

To add a paragraph return:

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Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh). 

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You can align and center complete blocks of text; you cannot align or center part of a 
heading or part of a paragraph.

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You can apply multiple indents to a paragraph. Each time you select this command, 
the text indents further from both sides of the document.