Important notes on Text in web pages:
•Font Size: The choices for font size in HTML (the code that makes web pages) basically range from 1-7. {There are some other choices, but we are going to keep it simple right now.} Font size 3 is the default -- that means all text is size 3 unless you change it. Size 3 is good for body text (like this), while 4 or 5 is good for titles and subtitles. Sizes 6 and 7 are really big; save those for special occasions. Sizes 1 and 2 are very small -- perfect for the "fine print" stuff.
•Font Type: There are lots of different, fun, wonderful and expressive fonts out there. I, myself, have a font list of over 600 types from which to choose. However, web pages do not carry a font list -- every page on the Internet has to rely on the user's computer for a font list. If that user does not have the font that is specified in the web page code, the computer will simply substitute a font (usually arial or times new roman). So you may spend hours choosing a fun and unique font, but no one will see it but you! It is best to stick with the default font list that Dreamweaver offers. That does not mean you can never use fantastic, fun fonts -- it just means that you have to create an image using that font.
•Text Formatting: Formatting text in a web page is similar to any word processing, with a few exceptions. ••Underlining: It's not that you can't underline text in a web page, it's that you shouldn't (that's why it's not a choice in the Properties window). Anything that is underlined on a web page is assumed by the user to be a link -- it is very confusing when it is not.
••Tabs: There is no tab option in a web page. You can indent or create a list (with or without bullets or numbers) if you need just one "tab" per line. If you need to arrange several "tabs" per line, you have to use a table.
•Text Spacing: All of us that took typing in school (actually using a typewriter!) learned that you always type 2 spaces after a period at the end of a sentence. In the new digital world, that rule is null and void. Only one space is expected after a period -- and one space is all Dreamweaver will allow. {If, for some reason, you need more than one space, you'll have to go to Insert, Special Characters, Non-Breaking Space.}
•Line Spacing: In HTML, there are 2 ways to get to the next line -- going to the next line with a space (Enter) and going to the next line without a space (Shift+Enter).