I know that in html editor and other programs there are magic keys that will automatically put extra spaces here and there to make your text fill a text box or area neatly.

And knowing my inability to use any form of code, i am even after 3 years finding it frustrating that my spacing often looks "NAFF" and amateurish (i know i am an amateur)

I tend to centre text to get round this (another amateur approach) so my questions are ????

Has anyone found a workaround that suits us non coders in VSD

Do CC have plans to implement something into VSD in future, especially as VSD seems to have lept up from a toy program for beginners to do personal websites to a program not only possible to use by professionals (paid to do a job of work) no implication regarding ability , but it appears actually being used by professionals.

Now i realise anyone personally using VSD for professional purposes will have found their own solution, and most can do code, but what about for the rest of us ???? after all i have my own dummy webdesigner website to make my own sites look as if written by a professional (naughty) but what do I do if someone calls me from my links one day and asked me to do a PAID website for them

I would not say it is a magic button. lol You have to code it into the CSS it your want to align your text...

Are you saying you want to align justify your text? There has to be an option in VSD to do that... Unless you are talking about something else.

Not sure if this will work Viv, but if you can put your text setup into the HTML tool you could use the code that stands for a space:

 

That whole string of characters above stands for a space. In HTML you can use the space bar to your hearts content but only 1 space is registered between words unless you use the code above.

So it would look something like:

<p>put your text here with more space &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; than before!</p>

No need for spaces between the space codes.

Not sure if VSD gives you that option to put text in that way, but if so that's what I would try. If not then someone else will hopefully have a better work around.

SirAge VSD gives you the option to justify to right left or centre, what we do not have is the option two have double spaces between words.

I have seen my friend do this loads of times in other programs where the right hand end of each line of text in a paragraphs look a mess (dont line up vertically) he hits two buttons on his keyboard and it puts an extra space here and there automatically so it instantly all looks neat and tidy. where as mine all looks messy.

Surely VSD could have a similar ability but at present i cant even WYSIWYG an extra space anywhere, it only allows 1 space between each word, or you have to change colour to background colour and put in ...

JoAnn your spot on i think, just we don't have useable access to the code as such, and if we did every time we uploaded all the changes would revert back anyway

CC techies to the rescue

Ok, I was reading it as you wanted to align your text, and I knew VSD had to have something for that manner. As for adding extra spaces we do have a "Magic button" that adds it or we can just type in the code.

My suggestion would be to post that on the VSD Suggestions thread and see if it can be added to a future build.

Viv, You can do it.
Space text evenly

No, you mean now i should be able to do it, but its code no chance WYSIWYG

Options for justified text and more than one space between words have been requested in the suggestions thread. Many of us had hoped to see these when VSD7 came out. Still hoping.... maybe sometime soonish

In the meantime, the only options are a bit of code (Eric's example) or inserting an image of some text (not good).

You use code in your site Viv. Just paste the code into an HTML box and add your text. No different then adding the photo Gallery to your site.

You know Eric how we all sometimes tear our hair out when we can't get someone new in forums to understand what we see as obvious

This is precisely my point, why oh why when i create a dragged out text box which i type text directly into can it not at present have the option to left justify, right justify, centre & space text evenly

As being a non coder surely the left justify is a bit of automatically installed code, why cant space text evenly be automatically installed code.

But i think i get what your saying so i will give it a try, Thanks Eric your determined to get me to code.

Although its not the same as adding a gallery, as yet again i just SELECT the html code and paste it directly (size pre set etc) exactly where i want it , i dont have to understand how it works, or put one bit of code in the body, one bit of code in the head, and i am guessing type my text inbetween until it fits the background i have provided for it.