Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER
Managing assets and libraries
Last updated 3/28/2012
Create a nickname for a favorite asset
You can give nicknames (for instance, PageBackgroundColor rather than #999900) to assets only in the Favorites list.
The Site list retains their real filenames (or values, in the case of colors and URLs).
1 In the Assets panel (Window > Assets), select the category that contains your asset.
2 Select the Favorites option at the top of the panel.
3 Do one of the following:
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the asset’s name or icon in the Assets panel, then select Edit
Nickname.
• Click the asset’s name once, pause, then click it again. (Do not double-click; double-clicking opens the item for
editing.)
4 Type a nickname for the asset, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
More Help topics
“Assets panel overview” on page 105
Group assets in a Favorites folder
Placing an asset in Favorites folder does not change the location of the asset’s file on your disk.
1 In the Assets panel, select the Favorites option at the top of the panel.
2 Click the New Favorites Folder button .
3 Type a name for the folder, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
4 Drag assets into the folder.
Working with library items
Create a library item
Library items are elements that you want to reuse or update frequently throughout your website.
More Help topics
“About library items” on page 104
Create a library item based on a selection
1 In the Document window, select a portion of a document to save as a library item.
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag the selection into the Library category .
• Click the New Library Item button at the bottom of the Library category.
• Select Modify > Library > Add Object To Library.
3 Type a name for the new library item, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
Dreamweaver saves each library item as a separate file (with the file extension .lbi) in the Library folder of the site’s
local root folder.