Format Style creates inline or embedded styles (depending on where you use it from) in that page
If you have a style sheet linked to your pages do not use the Format Style
- open and edit the style sheet (.css file) in FP
- best done w/ a 3rd party style sheet editor (configured from FP)
(Try
http://www.bradsoft.com/topstyle/download/litedload.asp)
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| | >
| | > | I cannot seem to find how to have FP2000 include the new/private styles
| from
| > | a .css style sheet into the style picker found in Format|Style
| > | If I use Format|Style|New, it creates a document style.
| > | Is there a way to get FP to "read" a style sheet so that I can use my
| User
| > | Defined Styles when creating and formatting web pages?
| > | Or am I forced to edit the HTML directly?
| > | Note, FP is finding the style sheet (which I have linked into my
| template)
| > | 'cause when I create a new page I get the background color and default
| font
| > | specified there.
| > | thanks,
| > | -carl
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| > Create your external style sheet (if you haven't) File New and select the
| Style Sheet templates
| > Then Format Style Sheet Links & browse to your style sheet (apply to all
| pages)
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| I know how to and have created an external .css style sheet using one of the
| templates.
| I have applied it to my web pages and it is being used.
| I edited the style sheet and have defined a new class there:
| .pagelink {font-family: Arial Narrow;}
| I want to be able to see that class when I try to apply a style to, let's
| say, a paragraph.
|
| OK!
| After more reading and searching and experimenting I discovered what I think
| is the answer!
| for editing: User-defined styles are found under Format|Style|User-defined
| styles.
| for applying: User-defined styles are found in the Style-drop down box (at
| the left end) on the Formatting toolbar.
| They "show up" there after a page is opened that has a link to an external
| css style sheet or has page-level styles defined.
|
| Yet NOWHERE in any document that I can find is this CLEARLY stated.
| it was obliquely stated in reference to embedded styles
| but never mentioned in the discussion of external style sheets
|
| Here is my "objection"
| The Format button on the Menu bar contains choices of formatting "to be
| applied to the selected text/objects on the page" (font, paragraph, bullets,
| theme, shared borders, etc).
| HOWEVER - the selection of Format|Style allows you to create/edit style
| definitions (on that page), *not* to apply that style to the selected
| object.
| Applying a style is done from the style drop down at the left end of the
| Formatting Toolbar, or the selection of a Style button on some of the
| properties pop-ups (e.g. table).
| That is what led me astray.
| I understand it now.
|
| I hope this helps someone else.
| And now that I have made my confusion clear to others, I'd still appreciate
| any comments or help about the creation/use of user defined styles in
| external style sheets.
| For instance, if you have "lots" of them, and/or multiple sheets linked, do
| they all (only) appear in this one drop down on the Formatting tool bar?
|
| thanks
| -ceej
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