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Getting the text of your document positioned on the web page in the way you want may require some additional formatting. This document gives instructions for the following formatting techniques:

• Adjusting Paragraph Alignment

• Applying Paragraph Indents (Blockquotes)

• Inserting Line Breaks

• Adding Special Characters

• Making Characters Subscript/Superscript

Adjusting Paragraph Alignment

Dreamweaver offers four alignment options for paragraphs: left, right, center, and justify. Choosing a paragraph alignment will align selected paragraphs to the left, right, or center of the page. The justify alignment justifies both the left and right borders of a paragraph.

Adjusting Paragraph Alignment: Menu Option

1. Place your cursor in the paragraph you want formatted

2. From the Text menu, select Align » appropriate selection (Left, Center, Right, or Justify)

Adjusting Paragraph Alignment: Properties Pane

1. Place your cursor in the paragraph you are formatting

2. In the Properties pane, click the appropriate alignment button
   

Applying Paragraph Indents (Blockquotes)

Dreamweaver provides a standard paragraph indent approximately equal to one half inch. This indent is also called a blockquote.

1. Place your cursor in the paragraph you are formatting

2. On the Properties pane, click TEXT INDENT

3. To further indent the paragraph, repeat step 2
   NOTE: To reduce or eliminate a paragraph indent, click TEXT OUTDENT

Inserting Line Breaks

If you want to begin a new line, but not a new paragraph, you can insert a line break. Inserting a line break will move the cursor from the line on which you are working to the very next line on the page without leaving a blank line between the two.

Inserting Line Breaks: Keyboard Option

1. Place the cursor where you would like to insert the line break

2. Press [Shift] + [Enter]

Inserting Line Breaks: Menu Option

1. Place the cursor where you would like to insert the line break

2. From the Insert menu, select Special Characters » Line Break

Applying Special Characters

With Dreamweaver, you can insert special characters that are supported by HTML code. Examples include the copyright symbol ©, registered symbol ®, and characters unique to other languages (e.g., the ñ used in many Spanish words).

1. From the Insert menu, select Special Characters » appropriate selection

2. If the desired option is not listed

   1. Select Other...
      The Insert Other Character dialog box appears.

   2. Select the desired character

   3. Click OK
      Depending on settings, a warning may appear.

   4. Click OK

Making Characters Subscript/Superscript

Dreamweaver allows you to make text either subscript or superscript. One method is by going into the code and inserting the appropriate HTML tags to make the text subscript or superscript. A less intimidating method, if you are unfamiliar with HTML code, is to use the design view to insert the appropriate HTML tags without having to work directly in the code.

Making Characters Subscript/Superscript: Code View

1. From the Document toolbar, click SHOW CODE AND DESIGN VIEWS
   The Code view appears above the Design view.

2. In the Design view, select the text you want made subscript or superscript
   That text is selected in the Code view.
   NOTE: This allows you to easily find the text in the code that you want to format.

3. In the Code view, type <sub> for subscript or <sup> for superscript before the selected text
   NOTE: When you create and opening tag, e.g., _{, Dreamweaver automatically creates the closing tag for it, e.g.,}

4. In the Code view, select and move </sub> (subscript) or </sup> (superscript) after the desired text

5. In the Code view Properties pane, click REFRESH
   In the Design view the text becomes either subscript of superscript.

Making Characters Subscript/Superscript: Design View

HINT: This method is recommended if you are unfamiliar with working with HTML code.

1. Select the text you want to make subscript or superscript

2. From the Insert menu, select Tag...
   The Tag Chooser dialog box appears.

3. Select HTML Tags

4. From the list of tags on the right, select sub for subscript or sup for superscript

5. Click INSERT
   The Tag Editor dialog box appears.

6. Click OK

7. In the Tag Chooser dialog box, click CLOSE
   The text is now subscript or superscript.