Indenting text
In Dreamweaver, you cannot indent text as you do with a word processor. Tabs normally have no effect in
HTML. One method to indent a paragraph??™s first line uses nonbreaking spaces, which can be inserted with
the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar (Command+Shift+Spacebar). Nonbreaking spaces are an essential
part of any Web designer??™s palette because they provide single-character spacing??”often necessary to
nudge an image or other object into alignment. You??™ve already seen the code for a nonbreaking space??”
??”that Dreamweaver inserts between the
...
tag pair to make the line visible.
You can optionally configure Dreamweaver to insert nonbreaking spaces in situations where it would normally
ignore the spaces that you type. For example, whenever you type more than one space in a row or
when you enter a space at the beginning of a paragraph, HTML, and therefore Dreamweaver, ignores the
space. However, if you choose Edit ??? Preferences (Dreamweaver ??? Preferences) and select the Allow
Multiple Consecutive Spaces option in the General category, Dreamweaver inserts nonbreaking spaces automatically
as you type. If you find yourself inserting nonbreaking spaces frequently, enabling this option
speeds up your work.
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