css format vs. style

I'm new to Dreamweaver and have a question regarding css. What's the difference
between selecting a format listing in the Property inspector or a style? When
should I use H1, H2, ect., listed in format as opposed to the title,subtitle,
etc. I set up as a style?

Take a step back and go through some css tutorials first - you won't be
sorry :-)
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/css_concepts.html

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I'm new to Dreamweaver and have a question regarding css. What's the
difference
between selecting a format listing in the Property inspector or a style?
When
should I use H1, H2, ect., listed in format as opposed to the
title,subtitle,
etc. I set up as a style?

I'm going step by step through Dreamweaver's tutorial "Getting Started with
Dreamweaver," included with the program. I've worked with Dreamweaver
previously but taking the time to go step by step has been helpful.

However, I'm still confused as to when I should use a profile setting or a
style setting in my CSS.

Does profile apply to whole segments? And a style to just a portion?

Profile?

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"glndi" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I'm going step by step through Dreamweaver's tutorial "Getting Started
with
Dreamweaver," included with the program. I've worked with Dreamweaver
previously but taking the time to go step by step has been helpful.

However, I'm still confused as to when I should use a profile setting or a
style setting in my CSS.

Does profile apply to whole segments? And a style to just a portion?

However, I'm still confused as to when I should use a profile setting or a
style setting in my CSS.

What's a profile setting?

Do you mean when to redefine HTML tags and when to use a class or ID?

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I started DW without CSS, and I wish I hadn't. CSS is amazing. There are tons
of great CSS tutorials on the net, I'd try to read over one of those. I think
it will answer your questions (I can't, I'm new with CSS and just starting to
learn... but I've seen what it can do). No more dealing with stupid HTML
tables...

Tables are fine.

CSS is fine.

Different tools for different jobs. Just learn how and when to use each tool
well.

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John Waller

glndi wrote:

I'm new to Dreamweaver and have a question regarding css. What's the difference
between selecting a format listing in the Property inspector or a style? When
should I use H1, H2, ect., listed in format as opposed to the title,subtitle,
etc. I set up as a style?

It sounds like you have defined custom classes "title", "subtitle" and
so on, and are wondering when to use HTML tags like <h1>.

Use the HTML tags that accurately describe the object's structure. So if
it is a highest-level header, use <h1>. If it is a paragraph, use <p>.
Mark up your entire page using HTML tags such that when it is viewed
with no CSS, it is clear to understand structurally because of the
default rendering the various HTML tags provide (if not pretty.)

Then redefine the HTML tags for the visual formatting you want. If you
have special formatting requirements that are purely visual (not
structural) then create a custom class and use that, applied as a
special case to the appropriate HTML tag: <h1 class="mySpecialHeader">.

In your case it may be just a matter of redefining <h1> with your
"title" class attributes, and <h2> with you "subtitle" attributes, and
marking up your content appropriately.

You can do a lot more with CSS than style text. But start by applying
visual formatting to HTML tags, rather than enclosing everything in
custom classes. This will create a structurally-coherent document that
is more likely to be understandable by various non-visual or
reduced-scale web devices that may render your page differently from how
a browser does (like screen readers and picture phones), and give search
engine spiders a better sense of what your page is about.

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Originally posted by: Newsgroup User

However, I'm still confused as to when I should use a profile setting or a
style setting in my CSS.

What's a profile setting?

Do you mean when to redefine HTML tags and when to use a class or ID?

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John Waller

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User

However, I'm still confused as to when I should use a profile setting or a
style setting in my CSS.

What's a profile setting?

Do you mean when to redefine HTML tags and when to use a class or ID?

Sorry, I mispoke myself in terminology. I must have meant to ask whether to
use a format setting or a style setting(both settings in dreamweaver's
properties bar).

Thanks for everyone's help thus far. I still have a lot to learn, including
the language and terminology itself.