Editing an external style sheet with a text editor
An external style sheet is a plain text file with a .css file name extension. Since it is plain text, you can edit it in any text editor, such as Notepad.
An external style sheet contains one or more style rules. Each rule consists of a selector followed by one or more declarations within curly braces. An example is shown below:
A sample style rule for blockquote elements
For more information about the syntax of style rules, please refer to CSS Syntax in the online CSS reference.
While an explanation of cascading style sheets is outside the scope of this guide, Namo WebEditor’s online CSS reference includes full descriptions of all of the visual-oriented properties of Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 (CSS 2). The reference can help you understand how CSS rules are constructed, as well as what kinds of values can be used with each property.
To edit an external style sheet with a text editor
- On the Home menu, go to Style, and then click Link External Style.
- In the Linked style sheets list box, select an external style sheet.
- Click
(Edit Contents). The style sheet file will be opened in Notepad.