How to set the text as an image

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How to set the text as an image

Is there a way to set the text to automatically change to an image? (In preference panel, you select "Sow text imaging indicator", then there comes a yellow sign over the text, meaning that the text will be a graphic in the browser) Some text does change to a graphic but some does not. It´s very annoying cause the text sometimes changes in the browser, some don´t. So is there not a way to select which text changes to a graphic?

Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 15, 2007 1:01 AM

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Roddy

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Dec 15, 2007 6:55 AM in response to aglifribbason

You can change text to a graphic by adding a shadow to it and then reducing the opacity.
Its not desirable to do this as large blocks of converted text will take longer to download.

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aglifribbason Author

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Dec 15, 2007 8:22 AM in response to aglifribbason

Hurray, I love you (well, maybe just your comment, Roddy)

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Dec 15, 2007 8:12 AM in response to Roddy

Where do you see the indicator. I have the function activated and I have changed text to some fonts would automatically convert but I still cannot see the indicator anywhere. Where do I need to look?
Thank you
Mireille

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aglifribbason Author

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Dec 15, 2007 8:24 AM in response to Mireille Green1

I told you in the first topic:

In preference panel, you select "Sow text imaging indicator", then there comes a yellow sign over the text, meaning that the text will be a graphic in the browser

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Dec 16, 2007 10:49 AM in response to aglifribbason

I have the show imaging indicator on but I cannot find the yellow sign over the text. can you show me what it looks like or explain what I should look for?
Thanks
Mireille

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aglifribbason Author

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Dec 16, 2007 11:35 AM in response to Mireille Green1

Maybe the text is not a graphic. But if it is then you should see the sign at instant. Its a small sign, about a centimeter, with a very small buddy in it. If you have no clue what Im talking about then go in iWeb to: Help > iWeb help and then you search for "text indicator graphic", you click on the results page and somewhere there you should see a picture of the icon.

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Answer 7

Dec 16, 2007 2:06 PM in response to aglifribbason

Thank you that was very helpful.
By the way I think it is okay to love Roddy who always so helpful.
Mireille

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Answer 8

Dec 16, 2007 2:13 PM in response to aglifribbason

Okay I made a new text box and changed the font until the little graphic appeared. Now I know, but, I also know that a lot of the font I tried would not be on someone else's computer (specially windows) but it would not have converted I guess it would have been substituted. That is really not good because the look would be very different. Should we force a conversion then to insure that it looks like what we want? Then we no longer have any text we have mostly graphics and is that not bad to be found by the search engines?
This is so complicated!
Mireille

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Roddy

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Dec 16, 2007 2:25 PM in response to Mireille Green1

Its a good idea to have a block of text in a web safe font giving a description of the content on each page - particularly pages with photos, movies, music etc.
This allows Google to get a basic description of the content.
It doesn't have to be much but should include any relevant keywords.
You can put it at the bottom of the page so that it doesn't conflict with your artistic layout!

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