Operation Manual
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USING DREAMWEAVER
Creating and managing templates
Last updated 3/28/2012
Apply a template to an existing document using the Assets panel
1 Open the document you want to apply the template to.
2 In the Assets panel (Window > Assets), select the Templates category on the left side of the panel .
3 Do one of the following:
• Drag the template you want to apply from the Assets panel to the Document window.
• Select the template you want to apply, then click the Apply button at the bottom of the Assets panel.
If content exists in the document that can’t be automatically assigned to a template region, the Inconsistent Region
Names dialog box appears.
4 Select a destination for the content by using the Move Content to New Region menu to select one of the following:
• Select a region in the new template to move the existing content to.
• Select Nowhere to remove the content from the document.
5 To move all unresolved content to the selected region, click Use For All.
6 Click OK to apply the template or click Cancel to cancel the application of the template to the document.
Important: When you apply a template to an existing document, the template replaces the document’s contents with the
template’s boilerplate content. Always back up a page’s contents before applying a template to it.
Apply a template to an existing document from the Document window
1 Open the document you want to apply the template to.
2 Select Modify > Templates > Apply Template to Page.
The Select Template dialog box appears.
3 Choose a template from the list, then click Select.
If content exists in the document that can’t be automatically assigned to a template region, the Inconsistent Region
Names dialog box appears.
4 Select a destination for the content by using the Move Content to New Region menu to select one of the following:
• Select a region in the new template to move the existing content to.
• Select Nowhere to remove the content from the document.
5 To move all unresolved content to the selected region, click Use For All.
6 Click OK to apply the template or click Cancel to cancel the application of the template to the document.
Important: When you apply a template to an existing document, the template replaces the document’s contents with the
template’s boilerplate content. Always back up a page’s contents before applying a template to it.
Undo the template changes
❖ Select Edit > Undo Apply Template.
The document reverts to its state before the template was applied.
Detach a document from a template
To make changes to the locked regions of a document based on a template, you must detach the document from the
template. When the document is detached, the entire document becomes
editable.