Lesson 2: Working with Text and Meta Data
Working with Meta Data
Adding a Document Title:
- Switch to Design View
- Click anywhere in the text of the document
- At the bottom of the properties panel is the Document Title field
- Enter title
- Save your changes
Adding Meta Keywords:
- Click on the Insert panel and make sure HTML is selected from the DDL
- Scroll down and Click on Keywords
- A dialog box will open
- Enter keywords
Adding a Meta Description:
- Click on the Insert panel and make sure HTML is selected from the DDL
- Scroll down and Click on Description
- Enter the description
Working with Text
Entering Text:
- You Can type directly into Dreamweaver Design View
- Hitting “Enter” causes a new paragraph
- Hitting “shift + enter” adds a line break
Adding Text from a Word Doc:
- Switch to Design View
- Copy text from existing word doc
- Paste text from word in Dreamweaver Design Window
- Select all text
- Go to Tools > Clean Up Word HTML
- Leave everything checked and say ok
- Click ok when dialog box of results pops up
Using Spell Check:
- Switch to Design View
- Place cursor at the top of the page
- Go to Tools > Spell Check
Formatting Text in Design View:
- Highlight the text you wish to format
- Go to the properties panel
- Click the format list arrow and pick appropriate tag (paragraph, h1-h6)
Formatting Text in Live View:
- Click on a paragraph to see the element display dialog.
- Click the menu icon and you can select the format of the html element
- Double click inside of an element to edit the content inside it
- If you select text inside of the element display it will prompt the text display dialog where you can modify certain text properties like bold/italic and links.
- You can use the up/down arrow keys to navigate through the text
Create an Unordered List:
- Switch to Design View
- Select the items you would like to make into an unordered list
- Click the unordered list button in the properties panel
- Notice that to create a new list item you mist hit enter to create a paragraph break
Create an Ordered List:
- Switch to Design View
- Select the items you would like to make into an unordered list
- Click the unordered list button in the properties panel
- Notice that to create a new list item you mist hit enter to create a paragraph break