Operation Manual

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Last updated 11/30/2015
From Adobe Bridge, you can:
• Preview, search, sort, and process files without opening individual Creative Suite applications. You can also edit
metadata for files and use Adobe Bridge to place files into your documents, projects, or compositions.
• Import and edit photos from a digital camera card, group related photos into stacks, and open and edit Camera Raw
files without starting Photoshop.
• Perform automated tasks, such as batch commands.
• Synchronize color settings across color-managed Creative Suite components.
Start Adobe Bridge from Dreamweaver
You can start Adobe Bridge from Dreamweaver to view your files before placing them or dragging them in your page
layout.
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You can start Adobe Bridge in several different ways:
• Select File > Browse In Bridge.
• Click the Browse In Bridge button in the Standard toolbar.
• Press the Browse In Bridge shortcut from the keyboard: Control+Alt+O (Windows) or Command+Option+O
(Macintosh).
Adobe Bridge opens in File Browser mode, showing the contents of the last-opened folder in Dreamweaver. If Adobe
Bridge was already open, it becomes the active window.
Note: Adobe Bridge is only installed with Dreamweaver CS5 when you install Creative Suite CS5; it is not included with
the standalone version of Dreamweaver CS5. However, Adobe Bridge was included if you previously installed
Dreamweaver CS3 or CS4, so if you still have Adobe Bridge installed from those versions, Dreamweaver CS5 can access
it and use it.
Placing files into Dreamweaver from Adobe Bridge
You can insert files into Dreamweaver pages by inserting them or by dragging them from Adobe Bridge into your page.
The Dreamweaver document in which you want to insert the file must be open and in Design view to use this feature.
You can insert most file types into your pages, but Dreamweaver handles them differently:
• If you insert a web-ready image (JPEG, GIF, or PNG), Dreamweaver inserts the image files directly into your page
and places a copy in your website’s default images folder.
• If you insert a Photoshop PSD file, you need to define its optimization settings before Dreamweaver can place it in
your page.
• If you insert a non-image file, such as mp3, PDF, or a file with an unknown file type, Dreamweaver inserts a link to
the source file.
• If you insert an HTML file, Dreamweaver inserts a link to the source file.
• (Windows only) If you have Microsoft Office installed and you are inserting a Microsoft Word or Excel file, you
must specify if you want to insert the file itself or insert a link to the source file. If you want to insert the file, you can
specify how much of the file’s formatting you want to keep.
Place an Adobe Bridge file in your page
1 In Dreamweaver (Design view), place the insertion point on your page where you want the file inserted.