## Specifying the appearance of text

You can specify the appearance of text by selecting it and then using the options on the Inspector palette. The options available are divided into Character settings and Paragraph settings, and depend on whether it is HTML text or graphic text, and which version of HTML you are generating.

The options in the Character section apply to the currently selected characters, and you can apply different character formatting to different characters within a line or paragraph.

The options in the Paragraph section apply to the entire paragraph.

HTML text, HTML 3.2

The fonts are restricted to the standard Web fonts, or predefined font sets. Sizes are relative to the default size:

#### HTML text, HTML 4.0

With HTML 4.0 (or the XHTML options ) Freeway takes advantage of CSS style sheets to provide additional options, including absolute sizes, and indented paragraphs:

#### Graphic text

With graphic text you can use any of the fonts available on your computer, at any size:

You can also apply a wide range of text effects, using the options on the text appearance settings panel of the Inspector palette:

### To change the appearance of text

- Select the text you want to change.
- Select the options as required from the character and paragraph panel of the Inspector palette.

### To select all the text in an HTML item or graphic item

- Double-click in the item to insert the insertion point in the text, and then open the Edit menu and choose Select All.

### To create graphic text within an HTML item

If you need text in a distinctive font or style within a block of HTML text, you can convert it into graphic text. When you publish the site Freeway will convert the section of text into an in-line GIF image.

- Select the text you want to create as a graphic:

- Click the text icon at the top of the Inspector palette to display the character and paragraph settings.
- In the Character section choose GIF from the Type pop-up menu to convert the selected characters into graphic text:

The formatting options will then change to the options for graphic text, and you can specify the settings as required:

### To convert a paragraph into graphic text

You can also convert a complete paragraph into graphic text.

- Position the insertion point in the paragraph.
- Click the text icon at the top of the Inspector palette.
- In the Paragraph section choose GIF from the Type pop-up menu to convert the entire paragraph into graphic text.

The formatting options will then change to the options for graphic text, and you can specify the settings as required.

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