Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER
Adding content to pages
Last updated 3/28/2012
5 (Optional.) Click the Plus (+) button to limit the search with one of the following tag modifiers:
With Attribute Specifies an attribute that must be in the tag for it to match. You can specify a particular value for the
attribute or select
[any value].
Without Attribute Selects an attribute that must not be in the tag for it to match. For example, select this option to
search for all
img tags with no alt attribute.
Containing Specifies text or a tag that must be contained within the original tag for it to match. For example, in the
code
<b><font
size="4">heading 1</font></b>, the font tag is contained within the b tag.
Not Containing Specifies text or a tag that must not be contained within the original tag for it to match.
Inside Tag Specifies a tag that the target tag must be contained in for it to match.
Not Inside Tag Specifies a tag that the target tag must not be contained in for it to match.
6 (Optional.) To limit the search further, repeat step 4.
Define abbreviations and acronyms
HTML provides tags that let you define the abbreviations and acronyms you use in your page for search engines, spell
checkers, language translation programs, or speech synthesizers. For example, you might want to specify that the
abbreviation ME in your page stands for mechanical engineer, or the acronym WHO stands for World Health
Organization.
1 Select the abbreviation or acronym in the text of your page.
2 Select Insert > HTML > Text Objects > Abbreviation, or Insert > HTML > Text Objects > Acronym.
3 Enter the full text of the acronym or abbreviation.
4 Enter the language, such as en for English, de for German, or it for Italian.
Set copy and paste preferences
You can set special paste preferences as default options when using Edit > Paste to paste text from other applications.
For example, if you always want to paste text as text only, or text with basic formatting, you can set the default option
in the Copy/Paste Preferences dialog box.
Note: When you paste text into a Dreamweaver document, you can use either the Paste or the Paste Special command.
The Paste Special command lets you specify the format of pasted text in different ways. For example, if you wanted to
paste text from a formatted Microsoft Word document into your Dreamweaver document, but wanted to strip out all of
the formatting so that you could apply your own CSS style sheet to the pasted text, you could select the text in Word, copy
it to your Clipboard, and use the Paste Special command to select the option that lets you paste text only.
Note: Preferences set in the Copy/Paste Preferences dialog box apply only to material pasted into Design view.
1 Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver Preferences (Macintosh).
2 Click the Copy/Paste category.
3 Set the following options and click OK.
Text Only Lets you paste unformatted text. If the original text is formatted, all formatting, including line breaks and
paragraphs, will be removed.
Text With Structure Lets you paste text that retains structure, but does not retain basic formatting. For example, you
can paste text and retain the structure of paragraphs, lists, and tables, without retaining bold, italics, and other
formatting.