1.3 Property Inspector
Use the Property
inspector
(PI) to display or edit properties of the
currently selected element. There are several ways to open the
Property inspector (if it is already open, most of the gestures close
it):
Select Window Properties or
Modify Selection Properties.
Press Ctrl+F3 (Windows) or Cmd+F3 (Macintosh).
Double-click on an HTML element (this gesture does not open the
Property inspector for some element types, such as text, and opens
the file selection dialog box for other element types, such as
images).
Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Macintosh) and choose Properties
from the contextual pop-up menu.
Figure 1-5 shows the Property inspector's
appearance when a text object within a table is selected. The upper
half of the Property inspector is the same for all text objects, but
the lower half may differ. You can show or hide the lower half of the
Property inspector using the Expand/Contract button indicated in Figure 1-5, or simply by double-clicking an unoccupied
area within the Property inspector.
Table 1-3 lists the properties that are most
commonly needed and available from the Property inspector at almost
all times (and are also available via menu choices).
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To create a
hyperlink,
highlight an item, such as a piece of text, in the Document window
and specify the destination document in the Link field of the
Property inspector. You can drag-and-drop a file into the Link field
or select a file using the Browse icon in the Property inspector.
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We'll cover properties that modify images, layers, tables, and
frames in later chapters. See Chapter 7 for
coverage of the Quick Tag Editor (QTE), which is accessible from the
Property inspector.
Table 1-3. Property inspector options
Window Properties
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Ctrl+F3
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Cmd+F3
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Opens or closes the Property inspector
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Help Using Dreamweaver
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F1
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F1
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Provides context-sensitive help
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Text Paragraph Format
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Ctrl+Shift+P
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Cmd+Shift+P
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Sets paragraph formatting
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Text
Font
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Alt-T, N
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N/A
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Selects font, reverts to default font, or adds a new font to the menu
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Text
Style
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Alt-T, S
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N/A
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Selects bold, italic, emphasis, or code style
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Text
Color
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Alt-T, R
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N/A
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Opens the Color dialog box to set text color
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Text Style Bold
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Ctrl+B
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Cmd+B
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Bolds selected text
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Text Style Italic
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Ctrl+I
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Cmd+I
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Italicizes selected text
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Text Align Left
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Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L
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Cmd+Opt+Shift+L
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Left-aligns text
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Text Align Center
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Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C
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Cmd+Opt+Shift+C
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Centers text
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Text Align Right
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Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R
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Cmd+Opt+Shift+R
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Right-aligns text
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Text List Unordered List
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Alt-T, I, U
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N/A
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Formats text as bulleted list
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Text List Ordered List
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Alt-T, I, O
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N/A
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Formats text as numbered list
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Text
Outdent
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Ctrl+Alt+[
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Cmd+Opt+[
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Removes any existing indentation
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Text
Indent
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Ctrl+Alt+]
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Cmd+Opt+]
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Indents text
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Modify Quick Tag Editor
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Ctrl+T
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Cmd+T
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Edits tag for current element
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Modify Make Link
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Ctrl+L
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Cmd+L
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Creates a hyperlink
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Modify Link Target
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Alt-M, G
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N/A
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Changes a link's target. Specify target frame name, or _blank,
_parent, _self, or _top
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