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The Development Window

Quite possibly, the most important window included within Expression Web’s framework is the Document

window. Simply put, the Document window is where all of the magic happens, or more specifically, where

all of your creative energy will be focused. It’s where you’ll structure, format, and add interactivity and

dynamic components to your Web pages visually, in code, or both. As you can see from Figure 1-3, the

Document window is made up of the following components:

❑ The development area

❑ The tabbed file chooser

❑ Show Design, Split, and Code views

❑ The Quick Tag Selector

Remember that the goal here isn’t to place each and every menu item under a micro-

scope. With hundreds of menu options available, it would be nearly impossible to

remember them all by simply reading one chapter. Instead, I discuss what most of

these menu items do when it’s relevant to the topic of a given chapter. Also, assume

that a lot of these menu items represent common operations that you’ll most likely

use shortcut keys for instead. In addition, some of these menu items are duplicate

representations of an operation that you may find easier to perform via a toolbar or

Task Pane window; thus, you can see why I’m holding off covering these menu

items in depth.

Menu Item Usage

Window Like other Office products, Expression Web allows you to open more than one

instance of the program at the same time. Doing so allows you to work with

numerous projects at once. You can open a new Expression Web window by simply

choosing the New Window option from the Window menu. Furthermore, the

Window menu also manages Document window instances (covered with more

detail in the next section). Rather than using the tabbed file chooser, you can

simply select the Document window of choice from this menu. Additionally,

you can close all Document window instances at once by choosing the Close All

Pages option.

Help As the name implies, various help-related links are contained within this menu.

Other options within this menu include links for accessing the Expression Web

home page, the Microsoft contact page for submitting questions or comments, the

Web site for downloading Expression Web extensions and updates, and even a

link to a Microsoft Expression Web page that contains links to developer blogs

and community forums.

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