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Note: Control+V (Windows) and Command+V (Macintosh) always paste text only (no formatting) in Code view.
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Add text to your document by doing one of the following:
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Type text directly into the Document window.
• Copy text from another application, switch to Dreamweaver, position the insertion point in the Design view of the
Document window, and select Edit > Paste or Edit > Paste Special.
When you select Edit > Paste Special, you can select several paste formatting options.
You can also paste text using the following keyboard shortcuts:
Paste option
Paste
Paste Special
Insert special characters
Certain special characters are represented in HTML by a name or a number, referred to as an
includes entity names for characters such as the copyright symbol (
tered-trademark symbol (
®
).
—
HTML uses the angle brackets <> in its code, but you may need to express the special characters for greater than or
less than without Dreamweaver interpreting them as code. In this case, use &gt; for greater than (>) and &lt; for less
than (<).
Unfortunately, many browsers (especially older browsers, and browsers other than Netscape Navigator and Internet
Explorer) don't properly display many of the named entities.
In the Document window, place the insertion point where you want to insert a special character.
1
2 Do one of the following:
• Select the name of the character from the Insert > HTML > Special Characters submenu.
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In the Text category of the Insert bar, click the Characters button and select the character from the submenu.
There are many other special characters available; to select one of them, select Insert > HTML > Special
Characters > Other or click the Characters button in the Text category of the Insert bar and select the Other
Characters option. Select a character from the Insert Other Character dialog box, and click OK.
Add space between characters
HTML only allows for one space between characters; to add additional space in a document you must insert a non-
breaking space. You can set a preference to automatically add non-breaking spaces in a document.
Insert a non-breaking space
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Do one of the following:
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Select Insert > HTML > Special Characters > Non-Breaking Space.
• Press Control+Shift+Spacebar (Windows) or Option+Spacebar (Macintosh).
Keyboard shortcut
Control+V (Windows)
Command+V (Macintosh)
Control+Shift+V (Windows)
Command+Shift+V (Macintosh)
). Each entity has both a name (such as
September 4, 2007
entity
), the ampersand (
&copy; &amp;
) and a numeric equivalent (such as
&mdash;
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