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KompoZer User Guide — 17 December 2007 Based on version 0.7.10 10

to refine presentation but, if we over constrain it, we

may run into problems of getting it to fit on the screen.

We really should allow the browser as much freedom

as possible.

3.4.3.1 Fixed width text

KompoZer allows you to constrain the width of

paragraphs. (The same applies to headings.) Try this.

Set the window size so that it is somewhat narrower

than the full screen width i.e. so that you have space

either to narrow it more or to widen it.

Take two longish but similar paragraphs which fill

about half of the window. Click in one, you will see the

rulers both across the top and down the side. Grab the

left edge of the ruler and draw it half way across the

window. Do the same for the other paragraph but take

the right edge of the ruler and drag it half way to the

centre but in the opposite direction.

You probably think that you've achieved a rather

elegant layout and discovered a flexible tool. Drag the

window to be wider then narrower. Do you still think

so? What you have done is to set the text to be in a

fixed position and of fixed width. It no longer re-flows.

Consider that visitors who view your pages may have

smallish or very large screens. Will they all see what

you want them to?

Supposing that you don't like what you have just

done – you can just Undo it – press the Undo button

or click Ctrl+Z. However if you leave it to later you

would first have to undo all later work. You can re- or

de-format a paragraph directly and individually. This

allows you precise control

rather than relying on

dragging the ruler. Go to

‘HTML Tags’ view, click on

the yellow ‘p’ marker for a

paragraph, on the status

bar right-click on the high-

lighted ‘p’ area and select

‘Inline styles’. In the gener-

al tab that appears just

delete the text and click

‘OK’. Alternatively select

‘Box Properties’. This allows precise editing of the

paragraph within the ‘box’ in which it is contained.

3.4.4 Lists

3.4.4.1 Numbered and Bulleted lists

KompoZer can format a list of items giving each

item a sequential number in any of several formats

(HTML calls these ordered lists <ol>) or presenting

them bulleted (unordered lists <ul>).

To start a list from scratch

1 Click one of the list buttons (Numbered List or

Bulleted list) on the Format toolbar.

2 Type the first item.

3 Press Enter and type the next item.

4 To finish, on the last (blank) item press

Enter.

To change existing text into a list

1 Select the text required.

2 Click one of the list buttons on the Format

Toolbar.

The text will be changed into a list, a new item

starting for each paragraph or other block item en-

countered.

To add items to a list

1 Click at the end of the last item in the list.

2 Press Enter and type the new item.

Numbering and format will continue from the pre-

vious item.

3.4.4.2 Formatting lists

To change the formatting for a list click in the list

and, on the menu bar, select Format > List > List

properties and choose the preferred option. Alterna-

tively List properties is accessible by right-clicking in

the list.

For numbered lists the numbering style may be

selected, for bulleted lists the type of bullet may be

changed.

3.4.4.3 Nesting lists

Lists can be nested.

To start a new level of list within an existing list

1 Click at the end of the line preceding the new

list to be generated.

2 Press Shift+Enter.

3 Click a list button on the format toolbar.

4 Type the content of each list item followed by

Enter.

Each level of list in a nested set may have either the

same or different format which may be set as above.

KompoZer sets no format by default. Browsers normal-

ly by default render all numbered lists with decimal

number format but each level of bulleted lists using a

different bullet symbol.

3.4.5 More formatting

The menu selection FORMAT offers many ways of

formatting text. In some cases you can simply click

within the text region in others you must select the

section of text involved. Some of the effects may be

repeated several times for more effect, some will re-

verse on a second application.

The options offered include indenting text.

Those unfamiliar with web design may look, in

vain, for a tab option. HTML does not support

tabs although the List feature does produce a tabbed

effect. KompoZer substitutes for this in that pressing

the Tab key introduces several spaces - of course these

do not produce the alignment effects that real tabbing

would. The spaces introduced by the Tab key are

technically known as non-breaking spaces. Pressing

the space bar more than once also introduces non-

breaking spaces.

3.4.6 Importing text

Strictly KompoZer does not support importing text

from other applications but it is possible to copy and

paste text.

In normal view content from other web pages may

be copied reliably. The result will be rendered accord-

ing to any styling applied in your document; any

reliance on external styles in the original document

will be lost. See section 4 for more on styles.

Text from word processors such as Microsoft Word

or OpenOffice.org in rtf or doc format or from text

editors such as Windows notepad may also be copied

and pasted.

When such text is pasted into KompoZer most

formatting is lost.

Numbered lists will be retained.

Tip: Instead of using

HTML Tags view it is

quicker just to click in the

paragraph and click the

corresponding <p> mark-

er on the status bar. This

will highlight the para-

graph. After that just right

click as described.

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