How the Hell do I indent a paragraph!

and why isn't this thing more intuitive!
i should be able to hit the space bar or tab inside my table to indent
the first line of my paragraphs ALA word processor but i
can't...STUPID!!
a person shouldn't have to jump through rings of fire to indent
something!!!! JEEEZ!!!

and why isn't this thing more intuitive!
i should be able to hit the space bar or tab inside my table to indent
the first line of my paragraphs ALA word processor but i
can't...STUPID!!

Hate to say it, but this *is not* a word processor. It's an HTML editor.
There's a gigantic world of difference.

a person shouldn't have to jump through rings of fire to indent
something!!!! JEEEZ!!!

No, a person SHOULD learn how HTML works if they intend to use it.

Indenting and other stylistic formatting is controlled via style sheets. To
indent paragraphs, you need to add a style to your style sheet:

p
{
text-indent: 20px
}

http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_text_text-indent.asp

That will indent the first line of text.

p
{
margin-left: 20px
}

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_margin.asp

will indent the entire paragraph.

-Darrel

clark_kent wrote:

and why isn't this thing more intuitive!
i should be able to hit the space bar or tab inside my table to indent
the first line of my paragraphs ALA word processor but i
can't...STUPID!!
a person shouldn't have to jump through rings of fire to indent
something!!!! JEEEZ!!!

Sounds like you are getting frustrated. :-) It might help to remember
that Deamweaver is not a word processor, and that HTML documents are
formatted with style sheets.

If you want to indent all paragraphs, then add this to your style sheet

p { text-indent: 30px }

If you want to indent only some, then create a special class

..txtIndnt { text-indent: 30px; }

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most paragraphs aren't indented in html.

if you do want to insert multiple blank spaces- either insert the
non-breaking space (under insert-->special characters)

or change the general preferences to allow multiple spaces (which will
insert   ) Note- it's not great to use blank spaces as an alignment
tool. They add a lot of code clutter, and a blank space varies in size
depending on font specs.

and why isn't this thing more intuitive!
i should be able to hit the space bar or tab inside my table to indent
the first line of my paragraphs ALA word processor but i
can't...STUPID!!
a person shouldn't have to jump through rings of fire to indent
something!!!! JEEEZ!!!

.oO(clark_kent)

and why isn't this thing more intuitive!
i should be able to hit the space bar or tab inside my table to indent
the first line of my paragraphs ALA word processor but i
can't...STUPID!!

Learn HTML and you'll see that it has _nothing_ to do with a word
processor, they are completely different worlds. In fact HTML/CSS/etc.
is much more flexible (and of course has another intention than a word
processor).

a person shouldn't have to jump through rings of fire to indent
something!!!! JEEEZ!!!

You have to learn how to walk before you can make jumps. Why should it
be different with HTML? If you don't know the basics you'll always
fa(i/l)l.

Micha

Michael Fesser wrote:

Learn HTML and you'll see that it has _nothing_ to do with a word
processor, they are completely different worlds. In fact HTML/CSS/etc.
is much more flexible (and of course has another intention than a word
processor).

In my opinion, CSS has a lot in common with the efficient use of a word
processor. In a word processor, one can indent the first line of a
paragraph by pressing the tab key or he can redefine the style for
normal paragraphs. It's a much more private matter, however, as readers
of a document cannot see its underlying code.

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In my opinion, CSS has a lot in common with the efficient use of a word
processor. In a word processor, one can indent the first line of a
paragraph by pressing the tab key or he can redefine the style for
normal paragraphs. It's a much more private matter, however, as readers
of a document cannot see its underlying code.

Excellent point.

The reality is that while everyone *thinks* they know how to use a word
processor, they really only know how to use a typewriter.

One of the biggest headaches I've had here at my work place is migrating
content from word documents into our CMS. *NO ONE* has EVER learned how to
format a well structured document in Word using the proper tools and style
features.

VERY frustrating to say the least ;o)

-Darrel

darrel wrote:

In my opinion, CSS has a lot in common with the efficient use of a
word processor. In a word processor, one can indent the first line
of a paragraph by pressing the tab key or he can redefine the style
for normal paragraphs. It's a much more private matter, however, as
readers of a document cannot see its underlying code.

Excellent point.

The reality is that while everyone *thinks* they know how to use a
word processor, they really only know how to use a typewriter.

One of the biggest headaches I've had here at my work place is
migrating content from word documents into our CMS. *NO ONE* has EVER
learned how to format a well structured document in Word using the
proper tools and style features.

VERY frustrating to say the least ;o)

And it actually works both ways. We include PDF user guides with our
products and we generate them by first making an HTML user guide with
logical styles. We load the finished UG in a browser, choose Edit -
Select All, then paste into a blank Word document. So long as the HTML
was well-structured and styled with CSS, Word will perfectly convert the
document and create styles that mirror the CSS. From that point you
simply fix page breaks and generate a TOC and run the PDF conversion.
The result is a perfect document. If the HTML was typical of what the
average DW user creates and if the page used attributes and font tags,
then guess what? The generated Word doc would be a mess.

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"darrel" <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

No, a person SHOULD learn how HTML works if they intend to use it.

bullshit....a person shouldn't have learn anything...that's why a
person buys something like DreamWeaver

Micha

it's not like a word processor?

funny these keys i'm hitting seem to do the same thing in HTML....
type these symbols (known as letters) on the screen.....
sort of like a.......WORD PROCESSOR!