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Selecting the blog entry to edit
You use the Select a Blog Entry to Edit dialog box to select which of the blog’s entries you want to edit.
1 In the Select The Entry You Want To Edit pane, select the blog entry.
A preview of the page you select appears in the Preview pane.
2 Click Edit.
Contribute opens the selected blog entry for editing.
Using the Insert Office Document as PDF dialog box (Windows only)
You use the Insert Office Document as PDF dialog box to convert Microsoft Office documents, such as Word files,
PowerPoint presentations, or Excel spreadsheets, into PDF documents, and insert these documents in Adobe
Contribute web pages or blog entry drafts.
1 Select one of the following options:
Create A Link To The PDF Document
Converts the document to a PDF, and inserts a link to the PDF document.
Insert The PDF As Embedded Object
Converts the document to a PDF, and embeds the PDF document as an
object.
Note: The Insert the PDF As Embedded Object option is disabled if your website administrator has prevented
embedding of PDFs.
2 Select the Remember This Setting And Don't Ask Again check box, if desired. For more information about settings
defined in the Preferences dialog box, see “Setting Microsoft Office document preferences (Windows only)” on
page 41.
3 Click OK.
Contribute converts the document to a PDF document and inserts it as a link or an embedded object into your draft.
Using the Insert PDF Document dialog box
You use the Insert PDF Document dialog box to embed PDFs as objects, or insert links to PDFs in Contribute web
pages or blog entry drafts.
1 Select Insert > PDF Document > From My Computer.
Note: The Insert the PDF as embedded Object option in the Insert menu is disabled if the Administrator has selected
the Do not allow PDF Embedding option for the relevant website or blog connection.
2 Select a PDF file. The Insert PDF Document dialog box appears. Select one of the following options
Create A Link To The PDF Document
Converts the document to a PDF, and inserts a link to the PDF document.
Insert The PDF As Embedded Object
Converts the document to a PDF, and embeds the PDF document as an object.
3 (Optional) Select the Remember This Option And Don't Ask Again check box, if desired.
4 Click OK.
Note: If you inserted the PDF as an embedded object, a message box appears indicating that some content of the PDF
is not accessible, and that some browsers may not render the PDF content. Select the Don't Warn Me Again check box,
if desired, and then click OK.
The link to the PDF or the content of the embedded PDF appears at the insertion point in the draft. If you inserted
the PDF as a link, the name of the PDF file appears as the linked text.
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Using the PDF Properties dialog box to resize an embedded PDF
You use the PDF Properties dialog box to specify custom width and height values to resize an embedded PDF object
in a web page or blog entry draft.
1 Enter Width and Height values.
2 (Optional) Select the Constrain Proportions option to preserve the current proportions of the PDF object. By
default, this option is selected.
3 Click OK.
Using the Insert HTML Snippet dialog box
Use the Insert HTML Snippet dialog box to write or copy code snippets that run video or audio files in web page or
blog entry. The code snippet is then inserted into the Contribute page.
1 In the Enter The HTML Code Snippet You Want To Insert pane, type the code snippet, or paste the HTML code
snippet you have copied from another source.
2 Click OK.
The HTML code snippet is executed in the draft Contribute page.
Using the Choose Template dialog box (Windows only)
Use the Choose Template dialog box to set an updated template for a Microsoft Office document opened or published
in Contribute.
1 Select a template from the list of available templates.
The preview of the selected template appears in the Preview pane.
2 Select a template region from the list of editable regions available in the selected template.
Note: If the selected template does not have editable regions, the Select The Template Region list is empty.
This list is disabled if you select the _blank template.
Note: You must select an editable region. If you select a template and click OK, then the first editable region in the
Select Editable Region list is selected.
3 Click the Refresh Templates button, and select one of the following options to update your list of templates and
editable regions in a selected template:
• For this website To view an updated list of templates for the selected website.
• For selected template To view an updated list of editable regions in the selected template.
4 By default, the Make this as the default template check box is selected. Clear this check box, if desired.
5 Click OK.
The selected template is applied to the web page containing the Office document, and the document is opened in
the HTML format.
6 (Optional) If you selected content in the document, and want to open the entire document instead of the selection,
clear the Open Current Selection Only check box.
7 Click Open.
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Using the Download Template dialog box (Windows only)
Use the Download Template dialog box to open or publish a Microsoft Office document, using the old template or the
latest template available on the server.
Use the Download Template dialog box while opening a Microsoft Office document in Contribute
• Click the Open Using The Old Template button to open the document using the old template.
• Click the Download And Open button to update the template with changes from the server, and then open the
document.
Use the Download Template dialog box while publishing a Microsoft Office document in Contribute
• Click the Publish Using The Old Template button to publish the document using the old template.
• Click the Download And Publish button to download the updated template from the server, and then publish the
document.
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Chapter 6: Working with text
You can use Adobe® Contribute® to add and format text, much as you do with a basic word processor. You’ll find a few
differences in working with text in Contribute and a word-processing program, such as Microsoft Word, because
Contribute formats your text using HTML behind the scenes.
For information about working with text in tables, see “Working with tables” on page 168. For information about
aligning text around images, see “Align an image” on page 146. For information about editing link text, see “Working
with links” on page 187.
About HTML and CSS styles in the Contribute Style
menu
The Style pop-up menu in Contribute lists HTML heading and paragraph styles, plus user-defined cascading style
sheet (CSS) styles that you can apply to format your content. All styles in the list appear as they appear when you apply
them to text.
Note: If the Style menu is not enabled, your Contribute administrator has restricted the website so you cannot apply styles.
You might also be able to create CSS styles as you format text; Contribute automatically adds these styles to your style
list. This makes applying the same formatting to a block of text much simpler as well as letting you create a more
consistent look for your pages.
Note: You do not see HTML heading or CSS styles if your Contribute administrator has disabled one or both of them. To
enable or disable CSS styles in Contribute, talk to your Contribute administrator or see “Set style and font settings” on
pag e304.
You cannot attach a cascading style sheet to a page in Contribute to add more styles; use Dreamweaver to attach a style
sheet.
More Help topics
“Apply styles to text” on page 125
“Create and manage styles” on page 126
Add text to a web page
You can add text to a web page by typing text, copying and pasting text, or dragging text from another application or
web page to your Contribute draft.
If you are using the Windows version of Contribute, you can add the entire contents of a Microsoft Word or Excel
document to a web page. For more information, see “Add Microsoft Word and Excel documents to a website” on
page 100.
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Your Contribute administrator can specify the amount of space that Contribute adds between paragraphs when you
press Enter or Return. For more information, talk to your Contribute administrator or see “Set page-editing and
paragraph settings” on page 303.
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Do one of the following:
• Place the insertion point in the draft; then type text directly into your draft.
• Select text in another application; then select Edit > Copy. Place the insertion point in your Contribute draft;
then select Edit > Paste.
Leave Microsoft Excel running when you copy and paste Excel content to Contribute so that the pasted content
retains its formatting.
• Drag selected text from another application to your Contribute draft.
Note: Contribute might preserve text formatting applied in the other application.
Add the current date to a page
You can add the current date to a page. The date can also include the day of the week and the time.
1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the date to appear.
2 Select Insert > Date.
The Insert Date dialog box appears.
The insert Date pane
3 Select the format for the day, date, and time.
For more information about the options, see “Completing the Insert Date dialog box” on page 135.
4 Click OK.
Contribute adds the current date to your draft.
More Help topics
“Add special characters to a page” on page 122
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Add special characters to a page
You can add special characters, such as a copyright symbol (©) or a pound sign (#), to your page.
Note: You can add special characters only to pages that use Western (Latin 1) encoding. For more information about
setting page encoding, see “Set page properties for a web page” on pag e92.
1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the character to appear.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select Insert > Special Characters, and then select a character from the pop-up menu.
• Select Insert > Special Characters, and then select Other. In the Insert Other Character dialog box, click the
character you want to insert, and then click OK.
The Insert Other Character pane
The character appears in your draft.
Format text
Contribute lets you format text—characters and entire paragraphs—quickly and easily. You can use menu options or
use the text formatting toolbar to change text with one click.
For a detailed illustration of the text formatting toolbar, see “The Contribute toolbars” on page 21.
Note: For information about moving text, see “Position text on the page” on pag e127.
Change text font and size
You can change the appearance of text by changing its font or size. Select a font or size from the available options; you
cannot enter a custom size.
Most browsers can render the fonts in the Contribute font list. It’s good web-design practice to use fonts that are
generally available to your website visitors.
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Each font in the list actually represents a font combination list. To edit your list of available fonts, see “Edit the font
list” on page 124.
Change text size
1 In your draft, select the text you want to change.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select a size from the Font Size pop-up menu in the text formatting toolbar.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), select Size, and then select a size from the pop-up menu.
Note: This option is not available if you are working in a table.
• Select Format > Size, then select a size from the pop-up menu.
Change text font
1 In your draft, select the text you want to change.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select a font from the Font pop-up menu in the text formatting toolbar.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), select Font, and then select a font from the pop-up menu.
Note: This option is not available if you are working in a table.
• Select Format > Font, then select a font from the pop-up menu.
Make text bold, italic, or underlined
1 In your draft, select the text you want to change.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Bold or Italic button in the text formatting toolbar.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), then select Bold, Italic, or Underline.
Note: This option is not available if you are working in a table.
• Select Format > Bold, Format > Italic, or Format > Underline.
Note: It is not good practice to use the underline style in web pages because website visitors might mistake
underlined text for link text. Use a style other than underline to emphasize text.
Make text strikethrough, emphasis, strong, superscript, subscript, or fixed width
1 In your draft, select the text you want to change.
2 Do one of the following:
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), select Other, and then select one of the options from the pop-
up menu.
Note: This option is not available if you are working in a table.
• Select Format > Other, and then select one of the options from the pop-up menu.
Note: Emphasis and Strong apply the same styles as Italic and Bold, respectively, but use different HTML tags. Your
Contribute administrator determines which tag Contribute actually inserts.
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More Help topics
“Apply styles to text” on page 125
“Create and manage styles” on page 126
Change text color
1 In your draft, select the text you want to change.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Text Color button in the text formatting toolbar.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), and then select Color.
Note: This option is not available if you are working in a table.
• Select Format > Text Color.
The color selector appears.
3 Select a color from the color selector.
The color selector closes and the text color changes in your draft.
Highlight text
1 In your draft, select the text you want to highlight.
2 Click the Highlight Color button in the text formatting toolbar, or select Format > Highlight Color.
The color selector appears.
3 Select a color from the color selector.
The color selector closes and the text is highlighted in your draft.
More Help topics
“Apply styles to text” on page 125
“Create and manage styles” on page 126
“Change text color” on page 124
Edit the font list
Font combinations in the Contribute font list determine how a browser displays text in your web page. Each font you
see in the Font menu represents the first font in that font combination. You can edit the font combinations in
Contribute.
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