Operation Manual

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Coding
Last updated 11/30/2015
Note: Depending on the size of your document and the number of options selected, it may take several seconds to
complete the cleanup.
Remove Empty Container Tags Removes any tags that have no content between them. For example, <b></b> and
<font color="#FF0000"></font> are empty tags, but the <b> tag in <b>some text</b> is not.
Remove Redundant Nested Tags Removes all redundant instances of a tag. For example, in the code <b>This is
what I <b>really</b> wanted to say</b>, the b tags surrounding the word really are redundant and would be
removed.
Remove Non-Dreamweaver HTML Comments Removes all comments that were not inserted by Dreamweaver. For
example, <!--begin body text--> would be removed, but <!--TemplateBeginEditable name="doctitle”--> wouldn’t,
because it’s a Dreamweaver comment that marks the beginning of an editable region in a template.
Remove Dreamweaver Special Markup Removes comments that Dreamweaver adds to code to allow documents to
be automatically updated when templates and library items are updated. If you select this option when cleaning up
code in a template-based document, the document is detached from the template. For more information, see
Detach
a document from a template.
Remove Specific Tag(s) Removes the tags specified in the adjacent text box. Use this option to remove custom tags
inserted by other visual editors and other tags that you don’t want to appear on your site (for example, blink).
Separate multiple tags with commas (for example, font,blink).
Combine Nested <font> Tags When Possible Consolidates two or more font tags when they control the same range
of text. For example, <font size="7"><font color="#FF0000">big red</font></font> would be changed to <font
size="7" color="#FF0000">big red</font>.
Show Log On Completion Displays an alert box with details about the changes made to the document as soon as the
cleanup is finished.
Verify tags and braces are balanced
You can check to make sure the tags, parentheses (( )), braces ({ }), and square brackets ([ ]) in your page are balanced.
Balanced means that every opening tag, parenthesis, brace, or bracket has a corresponding closing one, and vice versa.
Check for balanced tags
1 Open the document in Code view.
2 Place the insertion point in the nested code you want to check.
3 Select Edit > Select Parent Tag.
The enclosing matching tags (and their contents) are selected in your code. If you keep selecting Edit > Select Parent
Tag, and your tags are balanced, eventually Dreamweaver will select the outermost html and /html tags.
Check for balanced parentheses, braces, or square brackets
1 Open the document in Code view.
2 Place the insertion point in the code you want to check.
3 Select Edit > Balance Braces.
All of the code between the enclosing parentheses, braces, or square brackets is selected. Choosing Edit > Balance
Braces again selects all of the code inside the parentheses, braces, or square brackets that enclose the new selection.