Dynamically reconfiguring P - NOT!

Question

I have several paragraphs.
<P> is styled on my external CSS style sheet.
I have a some paragraphs in some documents that I want to
make BOLD so I
select the paragraph and click the
on the properties panel.
Instead of making that paragraph <STRONG> - DWCS4
changed my stylesheet
definition of <P> so that all of the paragraphs in all
documents that use
that stylesheet have all of the paragraphs BOLD...
I've just been going into the code and editing the special
<P><strong>paragrphs</strong></P>
Don't know if it's a bug or if I need to change some kind of
preference
setting or something.
It's just that today, this time, it annoyed me...
Been putting in some long hours on this stuff and am tired.
Thank you for listening to my rant...
I'm going to go tell the wife how pretty she is and go to
sleep.
Tomorrow I'll be more patient and make fewer mistakes.
Dan H.

Answer 1

>Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin...
Wow! "Listen with Mother" - showing your age David (oh dear,
me too)
Jo
"David Powers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Instead of making that paragraph <STRONG> -
DWCS4 changed my stylesheet
>> definition of <P> so that all of the
paragraphs in all documents that use
>> that stylesheet have all of the paragraphs BOLD...
>
> Yes, that's exactly what's meant to happen. It's not a
bug. Are you
> sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin...
>
> In Dreamweaver CS4, there are two buttons on the left of
the Property
> inspector: HTML and CSS. When the HTML button is
selected, clicking the
> Bold button inserts the HTML <strong> tags. When
the CSS button is
> selected, clicking the Bold button uses the CSS property
font-weight:
> bold.
>
> So, HTML button + B: <strong>
> CSS button + B: font-weight:bold;
>
> When using the HTML button everything is as you have
been used to in the
> past, but the CSS button displays a new field called
Targeted Rule. The
> reason all your paragraphs have been made bold is
because you clicked the
> Bold button when Targeted Rule displayed <p>.
However, if you hadn't
> already created a style rule for paragraphs, Targeted
Rule would have
> displayed whichever rule applied to the current
selection, and any change
> would apply to all elements covered by the same rule. If
no rules applied
> to the current selection, you would be prompted to
create a new CSS rule.
>
> The Targeted Rule field governs everything that happens
when the CSS
> button is selected in the Property inspector. When you
first get caught
> out like this, you think WTF. But once you get used to
the concept, you'll
> discover that the Targeted Rule field is very useful.
For example, you
> could change the font-size or colour of all paragraphs
very quickly
> without needing to open the style sheet.
>
> You can click the down arrow to the right of the
Targeted Rule field, and
> select another rule, <New CSS Rule>, or <New
Inline Rule>.
>
> By the way, I hope your wife appreciated being told she
was pretty. ;-)
>
> --
> David Powers
> Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver
>
http://foundationphp.com