formating text in dreamw.

[251069]

Hi sharky99.how are you doing?
well my main problem are.
1. when I try to put text on a cell I dont know how to change the leading to make it fit on the box. This is typing on dreamweaver.
2. I'm trying to edit text with pagemaker7.I type the text and when I copy it to dreamweaver everything is a mess and the layout is completely crap.
Can you help me please
How can I change the leading of the text using dreamw. and what's the secret to keep all the text as I type it.
Thanks.

 

[derren]

Hi

Have you used cascading style sheets? If you are a typesetting nut (I did 3 years of it) then all the typographical features you want are there, including leading, first line indent, word spacing, justification, margins etc. (no kerning or superscript settings though!)

They call it line height - but you know what the general public are like!

Shift+F11 will bring up the CSS window. Select new style and choose (at first) to redefine your existing style. When you get to the style window you'll see a list on the right hand hand side. Have a look through all the options there, especially "type" and "block" and have a fiddle. Be warned though, netscape and IE support these in slightly different ways.

Give us a shout if you need more help Derren
[Mediocre talent - spread really thin]