Operation Manual
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USING DREAMWEAVER
Creating and Managing Files
Last updated 3/28/2012
3 Select the kind of document you want to create from the Page Type column and click the Create button.
4 Save the document (File > Save).
Save and revert documents
You can save a document using its current name and location, or save a copy of a document using a different name
and location.
When naming files, avoid using spaces and special characters in file and folder names. In particular, do not use special
characters (such as é, ç, or ¥) or punctuation (such as colons, slashes, or periods) in the names of files you intend to
put on a remote server; many servers change these characters during upload, which will cause any links to the files to
break. Also, do not begin a filename with a numeral.
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Save a document
1 Do one of the following:
• To overwrite the current version on the disk, and save any changes you have made, select File > Save.
• To save the file in a different folder or using a different name, select File > Save As.
2 In the Save As dialog box that appears, navigate to the folder where you want to save the file.
3 In the File Name text box, type a name for the file.
4 Click Save to save the file.
Save all open documents
1 Select File > Save All.
2 If there are any unsaved documents open, the Save Asdialog box is displayed for each unsaved document.
In the dialog box that appears, navigate to the folder where you want to save the file.
3 In the File Name box, type a name for the file and click Save.
Revert to the last saved version of a document
1 Select File > Revert.
A dialog box asks if you want to discard your changes, and revert to the previously saved version.
2 Click Yes to revert to the previous version; click No to keep your changes.
Note: If you save a document, and then exit Dreamweaver, you cannot revert to the previous version of the document
when you restart Dreamweaver.
Set default document type and encoding
You can define which document type is used as a default document for a site.
For example, if most pages in your site are of a specific file type (such as Cold Fusion, HTML, or ASP documents), you
can set document preferences that automatically create new documents of the specified file type.
1 Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh).