Operation Manual

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University Computing and Information Services Page 1 Dreamweaver 8
UNC Pembroke October 2006
ABOUT DREAMWEAVER 8
Macromedia Dreamweaver is a professional HTML editor for visually designing and
managing Web pages and sites. Whether you enjoy the control of hand-coding HTML
or prefer to work in a visual editing environment, Dreamweaver makes it easy to get
started and provides you with helpful tools to enhance your web design experience.
HELP WITH DREAMWEAVER 8
When you need help with Dreamweaver, from the menu, select Help, Using Dreamweaver.
1. The Help Topics: Dreamweaver Online Help window opens.
2. The four help tabs are Contents, Index Search and Favorites.
3. Click the Contents tab and double click on the topic that best answers your questions.
4. Click the Index tab. Click the first letter of the word for which you are looking. Scroll down and click on
the topic that best suits your needs.
5. Click the Search tab to begin the search for a keyword.. Type the word in the top box and click Display
Topics. Click on the topic that best suits your needs.
THE DREAMWEAVER WORK AREA
From your desktop, open Dreamweaver by clicking on the Dreamweaver icon. When you launch
Dreamweaver, three windows open, the current document, the objects panel and the property inspector.
The Document Window
The Document Window displays the title bar,
the command menus, the toolbar, the launcher
bar, the tag selector, the size indicators, and the
current document.