2.5 Page Properties
Use the
Page Properties dialog box, shown in Figure 2-21, to
format your HTML documents. The dialog box includes options to set
the margins, background images and colors, text and link colors, and
options to control text encoding. It is accessed by using
Modify Page Properties, Ctrl+J
(Windows), or Cmd+J (Macintosh).
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The Page Properties dialog box sets formatting attributes using the
<body> tag, which works
with 3.0 browsers but does not conform to the latest HTML standards.
Chapter 10 explains how to set similar properties
using CSS, when supporting 4.0+ browsers.
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The Page Properties dialog box's options are detailed in Table 2-14.
Table 2-14. Page Properties options
Title
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The title for the document—used in the browser window's
title bar and used as the default name when bookmarking the page.
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Background Image
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If the background image is smaller than the page, it is tiled by
default; otherwise it is cropped. It can also be controlled by CSS.
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Background
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Sets the document background color.
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Text
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Sets the default text color (excluding links).
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Links
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Sets the default color of links.
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Visited Links
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Sets the default color of visited links.
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Active Links
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Sets the default color of active links (the color that appears when
clicking on a link).
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Left Margin
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Sets the left margin in pixels (percentages are not allowed). It is
used by IE only and ignored by NN. The right margin cannot be set in
IE.
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Top Margin
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Sets the top margin in pixels (percentages are not allowed). It is
used by IE only and ignored by NN. The bottom margin cannot be set in
IE.
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Margin Width
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Sets both the left and right margins in pixels (percentages are not
allowed). It is used by NN only and ignored by IE.
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Margin Height
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Sets both the top and bottom margins in pixels (percentages are not
allowed). It is used by NN only and ignored by IE.
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Document Encoding
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Sets the character encoding used in the document. Use Western
(Latin1) encoding for English and Western European languages. Specify
Other encoding to use the operating system's default encoding
method.
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Tracing Image
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Specifies a layout guide image to use when designing in Dreamweaver
(never visible in a web browser).
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Image Transparency
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Specifies the transparency level of the tracing image (0 is opaque
and 100 is transparent).
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