Formatting Selected Text

With NetObjects Fusion 12 you can reformat selected text using the Text Properties panel, the Text Format toolbar, or the CSS Panels to change the text font, size, color, and style, as well as the paragraph alignment and indent. You can format selected characters in text boxes or table cells. On a stacked page, you can format selected characters in formatted text fields, but in simple text fields, all characters have the same format. See Data Publishing.

  1. Double-click the text box that contains the text.

Solid selection handles appear around the text box.

  1. To select:

To select words quickly, you can set your options to automatically select the entire word. See Setting Text Options.

  1. Using the Text Properties panel, make sure the Format tab is selected.

  2. Select a font from the drop-down list on the Text Properties panel.

  3. Select a font size from the drop-down list on the Text Properties panel.

The relative settings (-2 to 4) set the font size relative to the site visitor’s default browser settings. You can choose the unit for specifying the font size from the drop-down list to the right of the size field.

  1. Click a font style button to assign characteristics—bold, italic, and underline—to the text.

  2. To assign a color other than the SiteStyle color to the text, click the color sample and select a color from the Color Picker.

  3. To highlight text, select the highlight tool to the right of the color sample, and select a color from the Color Picker.

  4. To set left, center, right, or block alignment for the paragraph containing the selected text, click an alignment button.

  1. To indent the paragraph, click an indent button or press Tab. Using this indenting button nests the selected paragraph under unselected paragraphs. To nest the paragraph to a deeper level, continue to click the button or press Tab. Default indenting is set as part of the text’s format style.

You can also assign list formats and text styles to selected text. See Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists and Working with Text Styles.