More Basics

To specify a background color:

1. Choose Modify>Page Properties from the tool bar. The Page Properties dialog box appears.
2. Click the color box next to the word Background.
3. Move the eyedropper over the color swatches. The swatches' hexadecimal equivalents will appear at the top of the color palette.
4. Click the desired color to select it, or type the equivalent in the Background text box.
5. Click Apply to view the color change in your document.

Note: When you change the background color, you might also need to change the text color that is displayed.

To use or import a background graphic:

A background graphic is generally a small image that "tiles" behind your page by repeating itself to the width and height of the browser window.

1. Choose Modify>Page Properties.
2. In the Page Properties dialog box, click Browse next to the words Background Image.
3. Locate the image you want to use as your background and click OK.

Note: You can use both a background color and a background graphic. The color will display first, and then the graphic displays and remains, overriding the background color.

To delete a background graphic:

1. Choose Modify>Page Properties.
2. Delete the file name in the Background text box of the Page Properties dialog box and click OK.

To specify default font color:

Will save you time when creating your pages if you are using a color other than black for a whole page or set of pages.

1. In the Page Properties dialog box, click the color box next to the word Text. The color palette opens.
2. Select the color for your text and Apply.
3. Click OK. All the text on the page will change to your new default color.

To specify link colors:

Blue background? Change the color of your links.

1. In the Page Property dialog box, click the color box next to the link type you want to change.
2. Select the color from the palette.
3. Click Apply.
4. Click OK.

   Link types:

• Links: The initial color of a link. Normal default setting is blue.
• Visited Links: The color the link changes to when a user clicks it. Normal default setting is purple.
• Active Links: The color the link turns to if a user holds down the mouse button after clicking the link. Normal default setting is red.

To add text, position text, and make lists:

All of these functions operate in Dreamweaver very much in the same way they do in Word. Positioning, fonts, sizes, styles, ordered, unordered, and nested lists, as well as definition lists tools are all accessible from the text Property Inspector. If you need more help with these functions, click the on the Property Inspector while you have your insertion point in a text area of your document.

Notes: Your Spell Checker can accessed from Text on the tool bar.

• Hitting Enter at the end of a word, line, or phrase in Dreamweaver inserts a paragraph break <p> (skips two lines). To insert a single line break <br> use Shift+Enter.
• The Format pop-up menu on the Property Inspector allows you to create headings of various sizes quickly.
• A Definition List consists of a series of terms and their definitions. The word or term to be defined is left-justified; the definition is indented and placed on the next line.
• Ordered Lists are numbered. Unordered Lists are bulletted. Nested Lists are lists within lists and can be combinations of ordered and unordered.
• Not all font faces are available on all computers. If the font you use is not installed on the user's computer, then your text will be displayed in that computer's default font face.