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Web Design
Chapter 3
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Computer Science
11th Grade
11/12/2008

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what does the top property do?
Definition
this controls the position of the top of the element
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what does the text-align property do?
Definition
use this property to align your text to the left, center, or right
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what does the letter-spacing property do?
Definition
this lets you set the spacing between letters. L i k e t h i s.
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what does the color property do?
Definition
this controls the font color of text elements
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what does the background-color property do?
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this controls the background color of an element
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what does the font-style property do?
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this is used for italic or oblique text.
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what does the font-weight property do?
Definition
this controls the weight of the text. use it to make text bold.
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what does the border property do?
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this places a border around an element. you can have a solid border, rigid border, a dotted border...
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what does the list-style property do?
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this lets you change how list items look in a list.
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what does the left property do?
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this is how you tell an element how to position its left side.
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what does the margin property do?
Definition
if you need space between the edge of an element and its content use margin.
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what does the line-height property do?
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this sets the space between lines in a text element
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what does the font-size property do?
Definition
this makes text bigger or smaller
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what does the background-image property do?
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this is used to put an image behind an element
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what are css' simple statements
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rules
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what do each rule provide for the selection of xhtml elements?
Definition
style
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what does the selector do?
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this epecifies which element the rule applies to
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what do each property declaration end with?
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a semicolon (;)
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what do all properties and values in a rules go between?
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braces({})
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how can you select any element?
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by using its name as the selector
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how can you select multiple elements that will use the same formatting at once
Definition
you seperate the element names with commas (,)
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what is one of the easiest ways to include style in html?
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by using the