Headings and paragraphs

You can add headings and paragraphs to your page from a dialog box that you open from Page view or Source view with the Format>Paragraph menu command. The paragraph styles in the Format Paragraph dialog box for headings and paragraphs include:

Table 3-5: Format menu items for paragraphs and headings

Paragraph style in Page view

HTML tag in Source view

Description

Normal

<P></P>

A standard paragraph

Formatted

<PRE></PRE>

A paragraph that preserves all spacing including extra white space and is usually displayed in a monospaced font

Address

<ADDRESS> </ADDRESS>

Usually displayed in italic

Heading 1 to Heading 6

<H1></H1> to <H6></H6>

Headings of various levels

Other styles in the Format Paragraph dialog box can be used to format lists. For information about formatting lists, see “Lists”.

StepsTo create a heading in Page view:

  1. Type the heading text and leave the insertion point in the heading paragraph.

  2. Select Format>Paragraph from the menu bar.

  3. In the Paragraph Style list box, select one of the heading styles (Heading 1 through Heading 6).

StepsTo create a heading in Source view:

  1. In the Body section, select the heading text

    or

    Put the insertion point where you want the heading to appear.

  2. Select Format>Paragraph from the menu bar.

  3. In the Paragraph list box, select one of the heading styles (Heading 1 through Heading 6).

  4. After you click OK, the Header Properties dialog box appears. Add text if new, change the properties if you want, and click OK.

StepsTo format text with a paragraph style in Page view:

  1. Type at least some of the paragraph text and leave the insertion point in the paragraph.

  2. Select Format>Paragraph from the menu bar.

  3. In the Paragraph Style list box, select one of the paragraph styles.

StepsTo format text with a paragraph style in Source view:

  1. Select all the text of the paragraph

    or

    Put the insertion point in the Body section where you want the paragraph to appear.

  2. Select Format>Paragraph from the menu bar.

  3. In the Paragraph Style list box, select one of the paragraph styles.

  4. After you click OK, the Paragraph Properties dialog box appears.

    Change the properties if you want to, and click OK.

  5. If you didn't select the paragraph text in step 1, type the text now between the paragraph's start and end tags.