In the Style Element Properties section, choose one of the following:

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9. Select a Font Face.

The Default font face renders the text in the default font specified by the users browser.

10. Specify a Font Size and select a unit of measurement:

■ px fixed unit pixels, though relative to the viewers monitor ■ pt fixed unit points ■ em relative unit relative to the font size of the last specified font ■ ex relative unit relative to the X size of the last specified font ■ relative unit relative to the font size of the last specified font

11. Select a Font Style:

■ Plain ■ Bold ■ Italic ■ Bold Italic 12. Click Apply. The Preview section is refreshed to show your color and font selections. 13. Edit the style elements as desired. Click Apply after changing each element. 14. Click Close to save your changes and exit the Edit Style page.

11.5.4 Controlling Styles for Page Portlets and Navigation Pages

Regardless of whether a page portlet or navigation page uses its source pages style, they always render their headers and borders using the style of the page on which they are placed. This is true even when you specify the use of the style that was defined for the page portlet or navigation pages source page. If you do not want to use the container pages header and border colors on a page portlet or navigation page, you can turn off the display of headers and borders at the region level on the container page. If the page portlet or navigation page also contains its own portlets, you must also turn off the display of headers and borders for portlet regions on the source pages of those portlets. Note: The Plain and None selections provide the same effect for most item-types. However, when applied to items displayed as hyperlinks, they behave differently: ■ When None is applied to a hyperlink, the way the hyperlink is displayed is determined by a users browser settings. That is, it displays as either plain or underlined according to how the users browser is configured. ■ When Plain is applied to a hyperlink, the hyperlink is always displayed as Plain not underlined, no matter what the settings in the users browser. Working with Colors and Fonts 11-15 If the Portlet Background Color style element that is applied to the container page is set to a specific value, rather than left blank, the setting for the Use Style Of Page On Which Portlet Is Placed option is ignored for the page portlet, though not for portlets that may be placed on the page portlet’s source page. To ensure that a page portlet or navigation page uses its own background color, rather than the one specified for the page on which it is placed: 1. Ensure that the page portlet or navigation page uses its own style when it is published as a portlet that is, do not select the Use Style Of Page On Which Portlet Is Placed option for the page or navigation page that you are using as a portlet. 2. In the style that is used by the container page that is, the page where you place the page portlet or navigation page, leave the value for the Portlet Body Color style element blank.

11.6 Defining Styles for Tabs

Another way to add distinction to your portal is through judicious selection of the colors, fonts, and images to use with tabs. Change tab colors and fonts by editing the style used in the region that contains the tabs. For information on how to add tab images, see Section 10.3, Working with Tabs . For information on applying a style to tabs, see Section 11.8.2, Applying a Style to a Region . Figure 11–10 shows the same tabs with different color and font settings. Figure 11–10 Same Tabs with Different Color and Font Settings Use care when changing a style: the changes you make affect the appearance of all pages and sub-page, tab, and item regions that use the style. To change tab colors and fonts: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.

3. From the Page Groups portlet Work In drop-down list, select the page group that

owns the relevant style. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder page.

4. Under Styles in the Layout Appearance section, click the style to be edited.

This opens the Properties tab of the Edit Style page.

5. In the Style Element Type section, choose Tabs.

Note: For more information on turning off the display of headers and borders for portlet regions, see Section 10.2.12, Displaying or Hiding Portlet Headers and Borders . Tip: If the style is used by more than one page group, look in the Shared Objects page group.