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User Guide
To set text spacing, case, and alignment for a style
The Text Properties set of the CSS Inspector lets you define spacing, case, and alignment properties for the
selected style.
1 Select a style in the CSS Editor, click the Text Properties set, and do any of the following:
To set the horizontal alignment, choose an option from the Text Alignment menu.
To use small caps, choose Small Caps from the Font Variant menu.
To specify inheritance, choose Inherit from the Font Variant menu.
To specify the text case, choose an option from the Transformation menu.
To set the text indentation, choose a unit of measurement from the Text Indent menu, and then enter a value in
the Text Indent text box.
To set word spacing, choose a unit of measurement from the Word Spacing menu, and enter a value in the Word
Spacing text box. (This option adds to the default word spacing.)
To set letter spacing, choose a unit of measurement from the Letter Spacing menu, and then enter a value in the
Letter Spacing text box. (This option adds to the default letter spacing.)
To set the font stretch, choose a stretch style from the Font Stretch menu.
Note: Most browsers don’t support font stretch, and GoLive doesn’t preview font stretch.
2 Choose an option from the Vertical Align menu:
% Raises or lowers the line-height property of the item relative to its parent. Enter a value followed by the percent
symbol (%).
Baseline Aligns the baseline of the style item with the baseline of the parent.
Sub Subscripts the style item.
Super Superscripts the style item.
Top Aligns thetop of thestyle item with thetallest item on theline(relative to theformatted linethatthe styleitem
is a part of).
Text Top Aligns the top of the style item with the top of the parent’s font.
Middle Aligns the vertical midpoint of the style item (typically an image) with the baseline plus half the x-height of
the parent.
Bottom Aligns the bottom of the style item with the lowest item on the line (relative to the formatted line that the
style item is a part of).
Text Bottom Aligns the bottom of the style item with the bottom of the parents font.
See also
“Relative and absolute units” on page 331
Block properties for CSS
The Block Properties set of the CSS Inspector lets you define the dimensions of the items area. Some of the
properties in this set are not consistently supported across browsers and platforms. Be sure to test your pages on
multiple browsers, browser versions, and platforms.