Formatting Text

You can align, indent, or head a paragraph of text with Dreamweaver CS3.

To apply a paragraph or heading tag:

1. Place the insertion point in the paragraph, or select some of the text in the paragraph.
2. Using the Text > Paragraph Format submenu or the Format pop-up menu in the Property inspector, select an option:
   • Select a paragraph format (for example, Heading 1, Heading 2, Preformatted Text, and so on). The HTML tag associated with the selected style (for example, h1 for Heading 1, h2 for Heading 2, pre for Preformatted text, and so on) is applied to the entire paragraph.
   • Select None to remove a paragraph format.

When you apply a heading tag to a paragraph, Dreamweaver automatically adds the next line of text as a standard paragraph. To change this setting, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh); then in the General category, under Editing Options make sure Switch to Plain Paragraph after Heading is unchecked.

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.

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