Operation Manual

Design the Home Page
1. Decide how you want your web page to look
and create tables to hold the graphics and text
that you wish to include.
2. To insert a table click the Table icon on
the Insert Toolboar
3. In the table properties box you can set properties
for the table you are about to insert.
4. You can move the cell boxes by clicking on the
frame of the box and dragging the box.
5. You can move a table by clicking
and dragging the table tab.
6. Save your work.
Add Content to the Page
Text
1. Using the Properties Inspector toolbar.
2. Set your font style and size. Size options in HTML are integers from 1 to 7. The actual size will vary
depending on the operating system and the browser in which the page is viewed.
Image
1. Any images that will be included in your web page must be in the web page folder. Copy the images you
need into that folder. However, when you insert an image into Dreamweaver that is not in the root folder,
you will be prompted to copy the image into the folder. Dreamweaver will put the image in the root folder.
If you wish to have your images in a subdirectory called images, you should copy those images into the
folder before placing them in your web page.
2. Click the desired location of where you would like your image to appear.
3. From the Insert menu select Image or other desired insert item.
4. Resize the image as appropriate. The cell and table will adjust accordingly.
5. Cell padding will move the image from the edge of the cell by the specified number of pixels.
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