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Visual editors often resemble
word processors. Although
each editor will differ slightly,
there are some features that
are common to most editors
that allow you to control the
presentation of text.
Headings are created by
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highlighting text then using
a drop-down box to select a
heading.
Bold and italic text are
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created by highlighting some
text and pressing a b or i
button.
New paragraphs are created
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using the return or the enter
key.
Line breaks are created by
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pressing the shift key and the
return key at the same time.
Horizontal rules are created
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using a button with a straight
line on it.
If you copy and paste text from
a program that allows you to
format text (such as Word) into
a visual editor, it may add extra
markup. To prevent this copy
the text into a plain text editor
first (such as Notepad on a PC
or TextEdit on a Mac) and then
copy it from that program and
paste it into the visual editor.
Code views show you the code
created by the visual editor so
you can manually edit it, or so
you can just enter new code
yourself. It is often activated
using a button with an icon
that says HTML or has angled
brackets. White space may be
added to the code by the editor
to make the code easier to read.
Content management systems and HTML editors such as Dreamweaver
usually have two views of the page you are creating: a visual editor and a
code view.
Visual ediTors &
THeir code VieWs