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Formatting Text
Let's start out by writing and formatting some text. This will be your first web page. Will this be your classroom homepage? Introduce yourself. Write some text. You'll publish this page this week, but only I will see it. So practice formatting the text.
These Options Make Changes to the Whole Paragraph
We'll start with second row of buttons. The first pull down menu has different styles of text.
Normal is the default standard of normal text.
Headings are split into 6 levels with 1 being the largest and 6 the smallest.
Lists are useful to set off information. Composer defaults to bulleted lists.NOTE: These styles change the whole paragraph where the cursor is blinking. Or the new paragraph you may have begun.
Towards the end of the second row, you'll see two buttons with bullet and numbered lists. These change the current paragraph to be the type of list that you choose.
To indent only certain paragraphs, use the indent buttons and choose the appropriate button based on the arrow.
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ligning Text
To align the text, choose left, center, or right justification from the justification button at the end of the second row. Choosing this option creates a small pull down menu as shown to the right. This changes the whole paragraph.These Options Make Changes from the Cursor On, or to Text That Is Selected
The second pull down menu lets you choose fonts. Don't get too attached to the font you choose. If the user's computer does not have that font, they will see it in the default font.
The 12pt pull down menu changes the font size by certain degrees. The ones listed are the only ones available because HTML uses relative font sizes.
The
button turns on Bold, and
turns on italics.
turns on underline.
The text color button allows you to change the color of the text.
© 2000 Instructions created by Janine Lim for Berrien County Intermediate School District and shared with AVLN by permission.