- Entering and Selecting Text
- Pasting Text
- Indenting Paragraphs
- Aligning Text
- Inserting Special HTML Characters
- Creating Headings
- Creating Lists
- Searching Text, Code, or Tags
- Using Spell Check, Thesaurus
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Inserting Special HTML Characters
HTML by necessity uses special codes to create the sort of special characters taken for granted in word processing.
To insert a special character:
Click in the text where you want to insert the special character, and choose Insert > Symbol (Figure 4.22).
Figure 4.22 Click in the text where you want to insert the special character, and choose Insert > Symbol.
In the Symbol dialog box, use the Font and Subset drop-down menus to find the character you need (Figure 4.23). Or make a selection in the Recently used symbols bar. Click the character to select it, and choose Insert.
Figure 4.23 Use the Font and Subset drop-down menus to find the character you need. Or make a selection in the Recently used symbols bar.
The correct HTML code for the character is inserted into your text.
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To insert a horizontal line:
Click in the text where you want to add the line, and choose Insert > HTML > Horizontal Line (left, Figure 4.24), or if the Toolbox task pane is open, you can click the Horizontal Line button found under HTML > Tags (right, Figure 4.24). The line appears on the page.
Figure 4.24 To insert a horizontal line, choose Insert > HTML > Horizontal Line (left) or click the Horizontal Line button in the Toolbox task pane (right).
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To change the line’s properties, right-click the line and choose Horizontal Line Properties from the drop-down menu (Figure 4.25). Use the Horizontal Line Properties dialog box to change the width (best done as a percent of the window rather than an absolute value) (Figure 4.26). You also can change the line’s height, alignment, and color. Click OK to apply the changes.
Figure 4.25 To change a line’s properties, right-click it and choose Horizontal Line Properties in the drop-down menu.
Figure 4.26 Use the Horizontal Line Properties dialog box to change the line’s width, height, alignment, and color.
If the Formatting toolbar is visible, you’ll also find a horizontal line button in the drop-down menu for the Outside Borders button (Figure 4.27).
Figure 4.27 In the Formatting toolbar you’ll also find a horizontal line button in the drop-down menu for the Outside Borders button.
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