Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER
Managing assets and libraries
Last updated 3/28/2012
Create an empty library item
1 Make sure nothing is selected in the Document window.
If something is selected, it will be placed in the new library item.
2 In the Assets panel, select the Library category .
3 Click the New Library Item button at the bottom of the panel.
4 While the item is still selected, enter a name for it, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
Insert a library item into a document
When you add a library item to a page, the actual content is inserted in the document along with a reference to the
library item.
1 Place the insertion point in the Document window.
2 In the Assets panel, select the Library category .
3 Do one of the following:
• Drag a library item from the Assets panel to the Document window.
To insert the contents of a library item without including a reference to the item in the document, press Control
(Windows) or Option (Macintosh) while dragging an item out of the Assets panel. If you insert an item this way, you
can edit the item in the document, but the document won’t be updated when you update pages that use that library item.
• Select a library item, and click Insert.
Edit library items and update documents
When you edit a library item, you can update all documents that use that item. If you choose not to update, the
documents remain associated with the library item; you can update them later.
You can rename items to break their connection with documents or templates, delete items from the site’s library, and
recreate a missing library item.
Note: The CSS Styles panel is unavailable as you edit a library item, because library items can contain only body elements
and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) code is inserted in the
head section of a document. The Page Properties dialog box is
also unavailable, because a library item can’t include a
body tag or its attributes.
Edit a library item
1 In the Assets panel, select the Library category .
2 Select a library item.
3 Either Click the Edit button or double-click the library item.
Dreamweaver opens a new window, similar to the Document window, for editing the library item. The gray
background indicates that you’re editing a library item instead of a document.
4 Make and then save your changes.
5 Specify whether to update the documents on the local site that use the library item. Select Update to update
immediately. If you select Don’t Update, documents won’t be updated until you choose Modify
> Library > Update
Current Page or Update
Pages.