Using Netscape Editor - Paragraph Styles

Webbits Netscape Editor Tutor
Creating Paragraphs using the Netscape Editor

This page shows you how to create the different styles of paragraphs for a Web Page using Netscape Editor. It is easier to create them this way than it is to code the HTML yourself.

However, it is still important to understand the HTML, especially if you need to add some special features which are not available in the Editor. To see the HTML coding for each paragraph style, click here to go back to my page describing HTML.

Below is a step-by-step process to create paragraphs using the Netscape Editor:

To Create a Two-Line Centered Paragraph
Type the first line, press Shift-Return.
Type the second line, press Return.
Highlight the two heading lines, and click the Center button on the Tool Bar.

Here is an example of a Centered Paragraph:

This is the first line to be centered
This is the second line to be centered

To Create a Regular Paragraph:
Click the Left Alignment Button on the Button Bar if needed.
Type the paragraph, end with a Return.

This is an example of a regular paragraph. You just keep typing when you get to the end of the line. There is automatic word-wrap, so you will only need to press Return once at the end of the paragraph.

To Create a Paragraph with Numbered Items:
Click the Numbered List button
Type each line, ending each with a Return.
Turn off the Numbering by clicking the Numbered List button after the last Return.
Browse the result to verify that it works, as the numbers in the editor mode will only appear as a # symbol.

Here is an example of a Numbered List:

The first item goes here
The second item goes here
The third item goes here

To create a Paragraph with Bulleted items:
Click the Bullet List button.
Type each line, ending each with a Return.
Turn off the Bullets by clicking the Bullet List button again after the last Return.

Here is an example of a Bulleted List:

The first item goes here
The second item goes here
The third item goes here

To Create an Indented Paragraph:
The previous text before the indent ends with a Return.
Click the Increase Indent button.
Type the paragraph to be indented using automatic word-wrap, end the paragraph with Return
Click the Decrease Indent button after the Return to turn off indenting.

Here is an example of an Indented Paragraph:

This the text just before the indented paragraph. It ends with Return.

This is an indented paragraph. The result is that the paragraph contents are all indented as a block. The indent is on the left-hand side only. It ends with Return.

This is the text that follows after the Decrease Indent button is pressed.

To Create a Paragraph containing single line Indented Items:
End the line before the indent with a Return.
Click the Increase Indent button.
Type each line to be indented, ending with a Shift-Return, but end the last line with a Return.
Click the Decrease Indent button after the last Return to turn off indenting.

This is an example of a paragraph which has indented items below the first line.

This is the item after the Increase Indent button

This is the second indented item after the Shift-Return

This is the third indented item ending with a Shift-Return

And this is the last item, followed by a Return

Now this line is back to normal paragraphs because the Decrease Indent button has been pressed.

Special Effects
There are two ways that you can use the Tool Bar to set any options such as font size, color, bold or italic.

Method 1: Highlight the text to be changed and then click the selected Tool Bar button.
Method 2: As you type, click the selected Tool Bar button, type the text that is to be changed, then click the Tool Bar button again to turn the effect off.

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