Drop Shadow Question

I find in Dreamweaver's Manuel the instructions on how to put
a drop shadow
around words and text. Can Dreamweaver put a drop shadow
around a CSS layer
or box? Or does that effect need to be a graphics image?
Thank you!
Best Regards.
Webdesigner

Thank you, Nadia, for this answer. It brings up a another
question which I
just posted in answer to Webbie...
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> platforms/browsers I believe. You can google for those
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>>I find in Dreamweaver's Manuel the instructions on
how to put a drop
>>shadow around words and text. Can Dreamweaver put a
drop shadow around a
>>CSS layer or box? Or does that effect need to be a
graphics image?
>>
>> Thank you!
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>> Best Regards.
>> Webdesigner
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A picture (not to scale):
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