Typing and editing text 2

Lists
Formatted style
Line Break
Symbols
Horizontal lines

Lists

Lists are easy to make - just click the appropriate list tool button and type each entry in the list. When you have finished, press Enter twice and the list will close, and you will revert to the 'normal' text style.

Lists can

break up the page
emphasise points
stop you writing too much
help you organise links to other Web site

Formatted style

As the layout control in Web pages is limited, you can use the formatted paragraph style to reproduce the formatting of the original completely. Formatted style is usually reproduced by browsers as 'typewriter style' text. The Formatted style is often used for program listings, numerical data and other output from programs which is not easy to re-format. The example below is from an ephemeris of the Moon - attempting to reproduce this as a table would take a long time and require patience!

                       Topocentric Ephemeris of MOON

           ¦   for Greenwich Meridian ¦   for location: Longitude W   1 55.0
           ¦                           ¦                  Latitude N 52 30.0
           ¦                           ¦                  Time Zone   UT
           ¦      Ephemeris Transit    ¦
   Date    ¦    TDT JD       TDT Time ¦ Rise (Azm) Trans (Alt)   Set (Azm)
                              h m   s     h m    °    h m    °    h m    °
1999 Jan 12 2451190.830288   7 55 36.9    3 02 (111)   8 04 (s24) 12 58 (247)
1999 Jan 13 2451191.861783   8 40 58.0    4 05 (116)   8 49 (s22) 13 27 (242)
1999 Jan 14 2451192.894616   9 28 14.8    5 06 (120)   9 36 (s20) 14 02 (239)
1999 Jan 15 2451193.928809 10 17 29.1    6 05 (123) 10 25 (s18) 14 44 (237)
1999 Jan 16 2451194.964141 11 08 21.8    6 59 (124) 11 16 (s18) 15 35 (237)
1999 Jan 17 2451196.000186 12 00 16.0    7 46 (122) 12 08 (s19) 16 33 (238)
1999 Jan 18 2451197.036427 12 52 27.3    8 28 (119) 13 00 (s21) 17 39 (242)
1999 Jan 19 2451198.072418 13 44 16.9    9 03 (115) 13 52 (s23) 18 49 (247)
1999 Jan 20 2451199.107918 14 35 24.1    9 34 (109) 14 43 (s27) 20 03 (254)
1999 Jan 21 2451200.142944 15 25 50.4   10 01 (102) 15 34 (s31) 21 18 (261)

The best way to apply the Formatted style to some data like that above is to

Apply the formatted style to a blank line
Paste the output into the page
Change the style back to normal and continue the normal text

Line Breaks

Sometimes you want to force a new line without starting a new paragraph. The obvious need for this is the postal address, but poetry often needs this approach.

To force a new line, you hold the shift key down and press enter. Try entering the your address. E.G.

North Birmingham College
Great Barr
Birmingham
B9 5AD

Horizontal lines

Another way of breaking up the page is to use a horizontal line,

The line always adds a paragraph of space above and below.

To insert a line at the current position of the text insertion tool, you just

Select Insert | Horizontal Line from the Insert menu
The line appears selected - click somewhere to unselect
right click with the mouse over the horizontal line to bring up a menu
select Horizontal Line Properties to see the following dialog box:
Adjust the settings as you wish (not all browsers will reproduce all the settings)
Click OK to accept the changes and dismiss the dialog box.

Symbols

Click on Insert symbol, select the symbol you want and press Insert. When you have finished press Close.