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Joseph W. Lowery

"Dreamweaver CS3 Bible"

You can force browsers to read all the text, including whitespace, exactly as you
have entered it by applying the preformatted tag pair

...

. This tag pair directs the browser to
keep any additional whitespace encountered within the text. By default, the

...

tag pair also
renders its content with a monospacefont such as Courier. For these reasons, the

...

tag pair
was used to lay out text in columns in the early days of HTML before tables were widely available.
You can apply the preformatted tag through the Property inspector, the Insert bar, or the menus. Regardless
of the technique for inserting preformatted text, it is easiest to work in Code and Design views??”applying
changes in Code view and seeing the result in Design view. Select the text, or position the cursor where you
want the preformatted text to begin; then use one of these methods to insert the

...

tags:
n In the Property inspector, open the Format list box and choose Preformatted.
n On the Insert bar, choose the Text category and click the Preformatted Text button.
n Choose Text ??? Paragraph Format ??? Preformatted Text.
n Choose Insert ??? HTML ??? Text Objects ??? Preformatted Text.
The

 tag is a block element format, like the paragraph or the headings tags, rather than a style.
                



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Joseph W. Lowery

"Dreamweaver CS3 Bible"