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What’s New in Dreamweaver CS4
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FIGURE 1-4
Test your AIR application without leaving Dreamweaver through the AIR extension.
Modern Web Practices
Not only does the new Live view render CSS stylings with great fidelity, Dreamweaver CS4 has also
enhanced the way CSS rules are created, modified, and applied. To achieve a smoother workflow,
the Property inspector has been split into two tabs, one for HTML properties and the other for CSS.
Place your cursor anywhere on the page in Design or Code view, and the CSS tab of the Property
inspector displays the relevant CSS rule, as shown in Figure 1-5. Dreamweaver no longer creates
styles automatically—instead, the designer is presented with a targeted selector, which can be
made less specific, if desired. The revised New CSS Rule dialog box with its plain language selector
description is a great learning tool for better understanding the complexities of CSS. Modifying text-
related properties with the Dreamweaver CS4 Property inspector is now much faster and more con-
sistent, which will make it easier for Web designers to follow best practices when styling their sites.
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