Macromedia Contribute for Group Web Pages
Changing Fonts and Styles
Paragraph Format / CSS Style
To change the paragraph format to a heading or vice-versa, click on the paragraph and:
- Go to the Format menu, choose Style; or click on the rightmost dropdown in the toolbar:
- Choose the heading style (1-6) you want.
To change text to a particular CSS style that is associated with the document, select the text and:
- Go to the Format menu, choose Style; or click on the rightmost dropdown in the toolbar:
- Choose the named CSS style you want.
Font type
To change the font type, select the text and:
- Go to the format menu, choose Font, and select a font; OR
- In the second drop down menu in the upper left, choose a font :
Font Size
Generally, Contribute handles font sizes in terms of points. To change the point size of text, select it and:
- From the Format menu, choose Size, then select a size, OR
- In the drop-down menus in the toolbar, click the third from the left and choose a font size.
Font Style
To change the style of the text (bold, underline, italic, etc) , select it and choose the style from the Format menu (more styles under the Other submenu), or use the icons in the toolbar.
Colors
To change the colors of the text, or 'highlight' (change the background colors of the text area), you can select the text and:
- In the tool bar, choose the text color or highlighter icon
and select a color, OR
- In the Format menu, choose Text Color or Highlight Color and choose a color.
Paragraph Alignment
To set the alignment of a paragraph, click on the paragraph and:
- Choose the appropriate alignment symbol from the toolbar
or
- From the Format menu, choose Align, and the alignment you want.
Lists
To create a list in Contribute, either click where you want to start the list or select the paragraphs you want to make into a list. Then:
- In the toolbar, click on the icon for the numbered list
or the bullet point list 
- Or, from the Format menu, choose List and the kind of list you want.
Changing page properties:
To change page properties such as title, color, background, from the Format menu, choose Page properties:
Changing Keywords and Description
To change the keywords/description, go to the Format menu, and choose Keywords and Description:
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