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Productivity Tips

HomeSite has dozens of features designed to help you work quickly and efficiently. Here are some tips on how to increase your productivity in HomeSite.

Setting up the user interface to suit your preferences

You can customize the HomeSite user interface by adding and moving toolbars and windows. The procedures in this section refer to the default location of tool bars and commands. If you fiddle with the setup and want to return to the original layout, choose Options > Customize, select the Toolbars pane, and click the Reset to Defaults button.

See Exploring the HomeSite Workspace for information on the toolbars and dockable windows in the user interface and for information on configuring HomeSite's interface to suit your work style.

Using the Edit, Design, and Browse Views

HomeSite offers three views for each document:

Edit View is where you enter and edit text, add tags, and code your pages. This is the primary work space in HomeSite, where you create and edit HTML tags and content. Use the Edit tool bar to close the current document, navigate among open documents, control word wrap, and turn the gutter on and off.

Design View offers you the additional option of visual editing. You can edit the page while seeing how the results would look in a browser. Design view is most useful if you're a new user, if you're designing the major elements that fit on a page, or if you're creating a complex table. You can turn off Design view in the Settings dialog box (F8).

Browse View shows how your page appears in a Web browser. You can view, but not edit, the current page.

In this manual, most procedures and descriptions apply to the Edit view, unless otherwise noted.


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