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• Select Format > Style, and then select a style from the pop-up menu.
The text you selected, or the entire paragraph where the insertion point is, changes to the new style.
Note: If you select a built-in heading style, the entire paragraph changes to that style, even if you selected specific
text in the paragraph.
When you press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac) after text that has a style applied, Contribute applies the
same style to the next line, unless the previous text was a heading. When you press Enter or Return after a
heading, the next line of text is in paragraph style.
Clear the current text style
1 In your draft, select the text you want to change, or place the insertion point in the text.
2 Select Normal from the Styles pop-up menu in the text formatting toolbar.
Note: You can also select Format > Style > Remove Paragraph Breaks. This option clears the style and removes any
paragraph tags around the selection.
More Help topics
“Change text font and size” on page 122
“Change text color” on page 124
Create and manage styles
As you format text in a page, Contribute keeps track of the styles and builds a library of styles that you can reuse in that
page.
Note: If your Contribute administrator has restricted style creation for your website, you can apply formatting properties
to text, but Contribute does not save the style for you to reuse. For more information, talk to your Contribute
administrator or see “Set style and font settings” on pag e304.
You can manage your list of user-defined CSS styles by renaming them or deleting them as necessary. You cannot
rename or delete HTML styles in the list.
For more information about HTML and CSS styles, see “About HTML and CSS styles in the Contribute Style menu”
on page 120.
Create a text style
1 In your draft, place the insertion point in the paragraph, or select some of the text in the paragraph.
2 Apply the font, size, or color as desired.
Contribute keeps track of the formatting properties you assign and assigns a label to the new style, using the naming
convention: Style1, Style2, Style3, Stylen. The label appears in the Style pop-up menu in the text formatting toolbar.
If you assign the same formatting attributes to two or more text elements, Contribute labels those elements with the
same title, eliminating redundant style names.
Rename a style
1 In your draft, select Format > Style > Rename Style or select Rename Style from the Style pop-up menu in the text
formatting toolbar.
The Rename Style dialog box appears.
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2 Select the style you want to rename from the Style pop-up menu.
3 Enter a new name in the New Style Name text field.
4 Click OK.
Contribute renames the style and the new name appears in the Style pop-up menu in the text formatting toolbar.
Delete a style
1 In your draft, select Format > Style > Delete Style or select Delete Style from the Style pop-up menu in the text
formatting toolbar.
The Delete Style dialog box appears.
2 Select the style you want to delete.
3 Click Delete.
Contribute deletes the style from the Style pop-up menu in the text formatting toolbar.
More Help topics
“Change text font and size” on page 122
“Apply styles to text” on page 125
“Change text color” on page 124
Position text on the page
To position text on your page, you can add paragraph spacing, align text, or change indentation.
Note: For information about formatting text to change its appearance, see “Format text” on pag e122.
Add paragraph spacing
Contribute works similarly to many word processing applications: you press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to
create a paragraph. Web browsers automatically insert a blank line of space between paragraphs. You can add a single
line of space between paragraphs by inserting a line break.
Add a paragraph return
1 In your draft, place the insertion point at the end of a paragraph.
2 Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
Add a line break
1 In your draft, place the insertion point where you want the line break to appear.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select Insert > Line Break.
• Press Shift+Enter (Windows) or Shift+Return (Mac OS).
More Help topics
“Indent text” on page 128
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Align text
You can select one of four text alignment options: Left, Center, Right, and Justify.
1 In your draft, select text, or place the insertion point in the text.
Note: Contribute applies alignment to the entire paragraph, even if you select specific text in the paragraph.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click one of the alignment buttons in the text formatting toolbar.
• Select Format > Align, and then select an alignment from the pop-up menu.
The text alignment changes in your draft.
More Help topics
“Add paragraph spacing” on page 127
Indent text
In Contribute, you can indent or outdent a paragraph. You can indent or outdent the same paragraph multiple times,
further increasing or decreasing the space at the beginning of the text. Indenting and outdenting affects the right
margin as well as the left.
1 In your draft, select the text you want to change or place the insertion point in the text.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Indent or Outdent button in the text formatting toolbar.
• Select Format > Indent or Format > Outdent.
The text indention changes in your draft.
More Help topics
“Add paragraph spacing” on page 127
Create lists
You can create numbered lists, bulleted lists, and definition lists in Contribute. You can also create sublists in your lists.
Create numbered lists
You can use numbered lists for information organized as a sequence or progression. You can apply numbering as you
create the list, or you can add numbering to an existing list.
1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want to add the list.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Numbered List button in the text formatting toolbar.
• Select Format > List > Numbered List.
3 Type the first list item.
4 Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to type another item, and repeat for each item.
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5 When you finish typing the list, do one of the following to turn off numbering:
• Press Enter (Windows) or Return(Mac) twice.
• Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac), and then click the Numbered List button in the text formatting toolbar.
Create a numbered list from existing text
1 In your draft, select multiple lines of existing text.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Numbered List button in the text formatting toolbar.
• Select Format > List > Numbered List.
Contribute adds numbers to your list.
More Help topics
“Create definition lists” on page 130
“Create sublists” on page 130
“Set list properties” on page 131
Create bulleted lists
Use bulleted lists to organize information that is related but in no particular sequence. You can apply bullets as you
create the list, or you can add bullets to an existing list.
1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want to add the list.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Bulleted List button
in the text formatting toolbar.
• Select Format > List > Bulleted List.
3 Type the first list item.
4 Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to type another item, and then repeat for each item.
5 When you finish typing the list, do one of the following to turn off the bullets:
• Press Enter or Return twice.
• Press Enter or Return, and then click the Bulleted List button in the text formatting toolbar.
Create a bulleted list from existing text
1 In your draft, select multiple lines of existing text.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Bulleted List button in the text formatting toolbar.
• Select Format > List > Bulleted List.
Contribute adds bullets to your list.
More Help topics
“Create sublists” on page 130
“Set list properties” on page 131
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Create definition lists
A definition list is a series of items, each with an indented sub-item.
1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want to create the list.
2 Select Format > List > Definition List.
3 Type the first list item, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
4 Type the indented definition, and then press Enter or Return, and then repeat the previous step as necessary.
5 When you finish typing the list, do one of the following to turn off the indenting:
• Press Enter or Return twice.
• Press Enter or Return, and then select Format > List > Definition List.
Create a definition list from existing text
1 In your draft, select multiple lines of existing text.
2 Select Format > List > Definition List.
More Help topics
“Create numbered lists” on page 128
“Set list properties” on page 131
Create sublists
You can change the level of a numbered or bulleted list item to create a nested list. For example, you might have a
bulleted list where one of the bullets has a sublist of bullets.
The nested list does not have to be of the same type as the parent list. For instance, you can nest a bulleted list in a
numbered list. You can have multiple nested lists in your list.
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A page demonstrating the use of sublists in a Contribute page
1 In your draft, place the insertion point at the end of the line in an existing list where you want to create the sublist.
2 Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
3 Do one of the following:
• Click the Indent button in the text formatting toolbar.
• Press Tab.
Note: This option is not available for template-based pages or in tables.
• Select Format > Indent.
Contribute indents the number or bullet of the new line.
4 To have the sublist and parent list be different types, click the Numbered List or Bulleted List button in the text
formatting toolbar, as appropriate.
5 Type the list item, and then press Enter or Return to add more items to the sublist.
6 When you finish typing the list, do one of the following to leave the sublist:
• Press Enter or Return twice.
• Press Enter or Return, then click the Outdent button in the text formatting toolbar.
Note: If you changed the sublist to be a different type than the parent list, click the Numbered List or Bulleted List
button to switch back to the type of the parent list.
More Help topics
“Create numbered lists” on page 128
“Create bulleted lists” on page 129
Set list properties
You can change the appearance of an entire list, or change the look of an individual list item in a bulleted or numbered list.
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Set list properties for an entire list
1 In your draft, select an entire bulleted or numbered list.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select Format > List > Properties.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), and then select List > Properties.
Note: This option is not available for template-based pages or in tables.
The List Properties dialog box appears.
3 Make changes as necessary.
For more information, see “Completing the List Properties dialog box” on page 137.
4 Click OK.
Contribute applies your changes to the list. It also applies the new style automatically to any items you add to the list.
Set list properties for a list item
1 In your draft, place the insertion point in the bulleted or numbered list item you want to change.
Note: If you select multiple items, list properties are applied to the entire list.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select Format > List > Properties.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), and then select List > Properties.
Note: This option is not available for template-based pages or in tables.
The List Properties dialog box appears.
3 In the Selected Item section, change options for the list as necessary.
For more information, see “Completing the List Properties dialog box” on page 137.
4 Click OK.
Contribute applies your changes to the list item.
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More Help topics
“Create numbered lists” on page 128
“Create bulleted lists” on page 129
“Create definition lists” on page 130
Check spelling
It’s a good idea to use the Check Spelling command to check the spelling in your draft after you add or edit text.
Contribute checks for the spelling and corrects any error if the auto spell check is on.
Check and correct spelling
1 In your draft, select Format > Check Spelling.
If Contribute encounters an unrecognized word, the Check Spelling dialog box appears.
2 Select the appropriate option based on how you want Contribute to handle the discrepancy.
For more information about the options, see “Completing the Check Spelling dialog box” on page 137.
3 After you finish checking spelling, click the Close button in the Check Spelling dialog box or click OK in the
Spelling Check Completed message box.
Enable auto spell check
Minimize spelling errors when typing using the inline spell checker in Contribute. Any spelling errors are flagged with
a red squiggle below the incorrect word when you are in the Edit mode. Right-click the flagged word to display options
suggested by the dictionary. After you choose the correct option, the flagged word is replaced with the selected word.
When you change the dictionary, the background spell checker scans the entire document using the selected
dictionary. Any errors flagged with the previous dictionary are removed.
Note: Incorrect words are flagged only when the page is in the edit mode.
1 In your draft, select Edit > Preferences.
2 Select Editing from the panel on the left.
3 Select Enable Spell Checking In The Background.
Find and Replace text
In Contribute, you can do the following while editing a web page:
• Search text in a draft or across multiple drafts.
• Replace the searched text with text specified in the Find and Replace dialog box.
• Search text that is part of links, alternate (ALT) text, and tables.
To find and replace text, do the following:
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Search text
1 In your draft, select Edit > Find.
The Find And Replace dialog box appears.
2 Type the text you want to find, and then click Find Next until you finish searching the draft.
3 When you finish, click Close.
Search and replace text
1 Select Edit > Find, or press Ctrl+F to open the Find and Replace dialog box.
2 In Find, enter the text that you want to search for.
3 In Replace, enter the text that replaces the text you are searching for.
4 Select Match Case if you want the search to be case sensitive.
5 Specify additional criteria for search using the options in the Find In menu:
Selected Text
Searches text currently selected in the draft.
Note: Find Next and Replace buttons are disabled when the Selected Text option is selected from the Find In menu.
Current Draft (default)
Searches the currently open draft.
Current Draft and Open Dependents
Searches the open draft and pages to which it is linked.
Open Drafts in Current Site
Searches all open drafts in the current site.
All Open Drafts
Searches all open drafts across multiple sites.
6 Filter your search results using the options in the Search menu.
Text (default)
Searches for text in the current draft.
ALT Text
Searches for alternate text in the current draft. Alternate text is associated with objects such as images,
Hotspot, and so on.
Text in Table
Searches for text in tables in the current draft.
Link Text
Searches hyperlinked text.
Link Source
Searches for a hyperlinks in the page which are linked to an external URL, such as
http://www.adobe.com.
7 Select Ignore Whitespace Differences to ignore white spaces during search. For example, if you type 'Contribute
CS5' in the text field, the search returns ContributeCS5 as well.
Note: You cannot search for text separated using carriage returns and whitespaces in a page.
8 Select Match Whole Word to search whole words. For example, if you are searching for 'Week', the word 'Weekly'
is not displayed in the search results.
9 To find text, click one of the following:
Find Next
Highlights the next possible match for the selected text.
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