Operation Manual
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USING DREAMWEAVER
Managing assets and libraries
Last updated 3/28/2012
In both lists, assets fall into one of the following categories:
Images Image files in GIF, JPEG, or PNG formats.
Colors Colors used in documents and style sheets, including colors of text, backgrounds, and links.
URLs External links in your current site documents, including FTP, gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, JavaScript, e-mail
(mailto), and local file (file://) links.
Flash Files in any version of Adobe Flash. The Assets panel displays only SWF files (compressed files created with
Flash), but not FLA (Flash source) files.
Shockwave Files in any version of Adobe Shockwave.
Movies QuickTime or MPEG files.
Scripts JavaScript or VBScript files. Scripts in HTML files (rather than in independent JavaScript or VBScript
files) do not appear in the Assets panel.
Templates Master page layouts used on multiple pages. Modifying a template automatically modifies all pages
attached to it.
Library items Design elements that you use in multiple pages; when you modify a library item, all pages
containing that item are updated.
Note: To appear in the Assets panel, a file must fall into one of these categories. Some other types of files are sometimes
called assets, but they aren’t shown in the panel.
By default, assets in a category are listed alphabetically by name, but you can sort them by type and several other
criteria. You can also preview assets and resize the columns and the preview area.
More Help topics
“Creating and managing a list of favorite assets” on page 109
“Working with library items” on page 111
View an asset in the preview area
❖ Select the asset in the Assets panel.
For example, when you select a movie asset, the preview area shows an icon. To view the movie, click the Play button
(the green triangle) in the upper-right corner of the preview area.
Display assets in a category
❖ Click a category icon on the left side of the Assets panel.
Sort assets
❖ Click a column heading.
For example, to sort the list of images by type (so that all the GIF images are together, all the JPEG images are together,
and so on), click the Type column heading.
Resize a column
❖ Drag the line separating two column headings.
Resize the preview area
❖ Drag the splitter bar (between the preview area and the list of assets) up or down.