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any color you like. The color you select fills the color swatch box, but will not change the text color on your page until you click


the Apply or OK button. 6. Click the Background Color swatch box to reveal the color palette. Choose any color you like. The color you selected fills the color swatch box. The color does not fill the background until you click the Apply or OK button. 7. Click the Browse button next to Background Image box if you want to insert a graphic or photograph into the background of your page. When you insert a background image it automatically repeats or tiles across and down the page unless you choose the no-repeat option from the Repeat drop-down list. 8. Use the margin options at the bottom of the dialog box to change the left, right, top, or bottom margins of your page. 9. Click the Apply button to see how the colors look on your page. Click OK to finish and close the Page Properties dialog box. When you change the background, text, or link colors make sure the colors look good together and that your text is still readable. As a general rule, a light background color works best with a dark text color and vice versa. To change the link color and underline options, follow these steps: 1. Choose Modify?Page Properties. The Page Properties dialog box appears. 2. Select the Links option from the Category list. The Links page opens, as shown in Figure 2-9. Chapter 2: Setting Up a Web Site with Dreamweaver 59 3. Specify the fonts you want for the links on your page from the Link Font drop-down list. If you dont specify a font, your links appear in the font specified for the general text of your document, or if thats not set, the font specified in your users browser, which is usually Times. 4. Click the B or I to the right of the Links Font drop-down list if you want all the links on your page to appear bold or italic. If you select one of these options, all your links appear bold or italic unless you specify other formatting options using the individual formatting options in Dreamweaver. 5. Specify the font size you want for the links on your page from the Size drop-down list. Again, you can override these settings by changing the text size using the individual formatting options in Dreamweaver. 6. Click the Link Color swatch box to reveal the color palette. Choose any color you like. The color you selected is applied to links on your page. Notice that there are four link color options: Link: Specify the color a link appears if a user hasnt visited its destination page. Visited Links: This color is used for links pointing to pages that a visitor has already visited. Rollover Links: A link changes to this color when a user rolls a cursor over the link (also known as hovering). Active Link: A link changes to this color briefly while a user is clicking it. Figure 2-9: The Links category in the Page Properties dialog box enables you to change