The Dreamweaver workspace is flexible to accommodate different styles of working and levels of expertise as you create web pages. There are a few components of the Dreamweaver workspace you use constantly:
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The Document window displays the current document approximately as it appears in a web browser. |
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The Object palette contains buttons for creating various types of objects such as images, tables, layers, and so on. |
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The Property inspector displays properties for selected objects. |
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The Launcher has buttons for opening and closing various inspectors and palettes. |
Click Show Me to see an animated introduction to the workspace.
You can open the file created in this ShowMe movie from a browser, or you can open it in Dreamweaver by choosing Help > Open Example and selecting !workspace_example.htm.
In addition to using windows, palettes, and inspectors; Dreamweaver has some basic techniques for editing, configuring, and previewing documents:
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Select objects in the Document window, the HTML inspector, or with the tag selector at the bottom left of the Document window |
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Define a page title, background, and default colors with Page Properties |
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Add anchors, comments, scripts and other invisible elements to your pages with the Object palette. Choose View > Invisible Elements to display selectable icons marking invisible elements |
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Preview pages in a web browser with File > Preview in Browser |
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Check the size and estimated download time of a page. |