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Master Pages (which are only used in Print sections) elements are always positioned
absolutely; if not, they must be located inside an element that has an absolute position.
In Web sections, this property can be useful for elements inside a Div element. A Div element
that is not inside another element should not be positioned absolutely: designs for the Web
should be flexible so that they display nicely on a variety of devices and screen sizes.
In Email sections, do not use this property. Use Tables instead (see "Designing an Email
template" on page308 and "Table" on page445).
How to use it
In the Formatting dialog the position property can be found on the Image tab, under
Positioning.
This property isn't present in one of the tab menus of the style rule editor, but you can add it
after clicking the Advanced button in the style rule editor (see "How to position elements" on
page462).
Styling text and paragraphs
There are numerous ways to format text in a template. You can apply a certain font, make text
bold, transform it to uppercase, center it, color it, etc.
This topic explains how to apply local formatting to text. It is recommended though, to format
text using style sheets; see "Styling and formatting" on page453 and "Styling templates with
CSS files" on page454.
Formatting text and paragraphs locally
An intuitive way of formatting text locally is by using the toolbar buttons: select some text, or an
element that contains text (see: "Selecting an element" on page377) and click one of the
toolbar buttons to make it bold, center it, create a numbered or bulleted list, etc.
To quickly change a paragraph into a Heading, Address or Pre element, select the paragraph
(see: "Selecting an element" on page377) and on the Format menu, select the appropriate
element.
More local formatting options are available in the Formatting dialogs; see below.
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