Style Sheets

Style sheets allow authors to create consistent styling for web pages.

Steps:

1. Click the File menu.

   Step 1

2. Point to the New menu.

   Step 2

3. Click the Style Sheet button.

   Step 3

4. We can add styles to the style sheet and create variations based on output type or language. We will also see a preview of each item.

   Step 4

5. First, we'll add a style for Heading 1.

   Click the Item menu.

   Step 5

6. Click the Heading 1 button.

   Step 6

7. Since this is our only style for Heading 1, it will be the default Heading 1 style. If we were to create another style for Heading 1, we would be able to choose

   between them and that means we should give our style a descriptive name.

   Step 7

8. Enter the desired information into the Style name field. Enter

    a valid value
    e.g.
    "HR Heading 1"
   .
   Step 8

9. Now we can edit the style.

   Click in the Sample Text field.

   Step 9

10. We'll change the color to red.

     

    Click the Item button.

    Step 10

11. Click the red list item.

    Step 11

12. Click the Ok button.

    Step 12

13. Next, we'll add a table.

    Click the New Style menu.

    Step 13

14. Click the Table button.

    Step 14

15. Enter the desired information into the Style name field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "Benefits table"
    .
    Step 15

16. We'll make a couple style changes to the whole table.

     

    Click in the Apply to: field.

    Step 16

17. Click the Whole Table list item.

    Step 17

18. We'll change the font families and size.

     

    Click the Font button.

    Step 18

19. Click the Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, sans-serif list item.

    Step 19

20. Click the Font Size button.

    Step 20

21. Click the 14 list item.

    Step 21

22. We'll then change the color of the table header background.

     

    Click the Apply to: button.

    Step 22

23. Click the Header list item.

    Step 23

24. Click the Item button.

    Step 24

25. Click the Blue-green list item.

    Step 25

26. Click the Ok button.

    Step 26

27. Lastly, we'll make all of the cells italics for no good reason.

     

    Click the Apply to: button.

    Step 27

28. Click the Cell list item.

    Step 28

29. Click the Italics button.

    Step 29

30. Click the Save button.

    Step 30

31. Choose the library location where you would like your style sheet document to live and give your style sheet a name.

     

    Double-click in the Name: field.

    Step 31

32. Enter the desired information into the Name: field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "HR "
    .
    Step 32

33. Click the Save button.

    Step 33

34. And now we will open a web page to see how a style sheet is used to apply its styles to the web page content.

     

    Click the Intro - Hotel Romeo tab.

    Step 34

35. Press [F4].

    Step 35

36. Click in the Style Sheet field.

    Step 36

37. By default, UPK associates a style sheet named Standard to web pages. The Standard style sheet is a good example of some styles that can be created with the style sheet editor.

     

    Click the Browse button.

    Step 37

38. Navigate to the location where you saved your style sheet.

     

    Click the Open button.

    Step 38

39. Click the Project Hotel Romeo cell.

    Step 39

40. Click the Open button.

    Step 40

41. Notice the immediate change this has on the table as the default table style is applied. Next we'll identify a Header 1 element so we can see that style applied to our content.

    Step 41

42. Select the desired text.

    Step 42

43. Click the Format button.

    Step 43

44. Click the Heading 1 list item.

    Step 44

45. The text we marked as Header 1 now uses the default Header 1 style.

    Step 45

This is just the beginning of what style sheets offer, but you can see how style sheets will provide a great deal of value, consistency and time savings for any content authoring team.

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