Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER
Adding content to pages
Last updated 3/28/2012
Return the horizontal Insert bar to a panel group
1 Click the horizontal Insert bar’s gripper (on the left side of the Insert bar) and drag the bar to the place where your
panels are docked.
2 Position the Insert panel and drop it. A blue line indicates where you can drop the panel.
Show horizontal Insert bar categories as tabs
❖ Click the arrow beside the category name on the left end of the horizontal Insert bar, and then select Show as Tabs.
Show horizontal Insert bar categories as a menu
❖ Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) a category tab in the horizontal Insert bar, and then select
Show as
Menus.
Set page properties
For each page you create in Dreamweaver, you can specify layout and formatting properties using the Page Properties
dialog box (Modify
> Page Properties). The Page Properties dialog box lets you specify the default font family and font
size, background color, margins, link styles, and many other aspects of page design. You can assign new page
properties for each new page you create, and modify those for existing pages. Changes you make in the Page Properties
dialog box apply to the entire page.
Dreamweaver gives you two methods for modifying page properties: CSS or HTML. Adobe recommends using CSS to
set backgrounds and modify page properties.
Note: The page properties you choose apply only to the active document. If a page uses an external CSS style sheet,
Dreamweaver does not overwrite the tags set in the style sheet, as this affects all other pages using that style sheet.
Set CSS page font, background color, and background image properties
Use the Page Properties dialog box to specify several basic page layout options for your web pages, including the font,
background color, and background image.
1 Select Modify > Page Properties, or click the Page Properties button in the text Property inspector.
2 Select the Appearance (CSS) category and set the options.
Page Font Specifies the default font family to use in your web pages. Dreamweaver uses the font family you specify
unless another font is specifically set for a text element.
Size Specifies the default font size to use in your web pages. Dreamweaver uses the font size you specify unless another
font size is specifically set for a text element.
Text Color Specifies the default color to render fonts with.
Background Color Sets a background color for your page. Click the Background color box and select a color from the
Color Picker.
Background Image Sets a background image. Click the Browse button, then browse to and select the image.
Alternatively, enter the path to the background image in the Background Image box.
Dreamweaver tiles (repeats) the background image if it does not fill the entire window, just as browsers do. (To prevent
the background image from tiling, use Cascading Style Sheets to disable image tiling.)