Emphasizing text with Bold

You can bold text on a web page just as you can in a word processing document.  As 

HTML progresses with new technologies, it is now common to use the strong element 

 instead of the traditional bold element .  We mention this 

because when you select text and apply the Bold format, the html generated in 

Dreamweaver MX will use the strong tags instead of the bold tags.  

TIP: You can, of course, always 

In most cases, the strong element, like the bold element, will result in the text appear 

edit the html and replace the strong 

ing thicker and darker than other, non bolded text on the page.

tags with the bold tags.

Select the text and click the Bold icon on the Properties panel.

Select the text, right click (Win) or control+click (Mac) and select Style > Bold.

Select the text and choose Text > Style > Bold.

Select the text and press Ctrl+B (Win) or apple+B (Mac).

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