Use External Editors preferences to choose applications for editing HTML and images.

Enable BBEdit Integration (Macintosh only) makes Dreamweaver able to launch BBEdit and synchronize selections. Turn off to run older versions of BBEdit or to use a different text editor. See Using BBEdit with Dreamweaver (Macintosh only).

HTML specifies the location of the external editor for HTML source files. Type the path or click Browse to choose the application. See Using an external text editor with Dreamweaver.

Synchronize External Files determines how Dreamweaver updates open files that are changed by a different application.

	Prompt alerts you of changes to the current file by an outside text editor and lets you choose to update the file.
	Always updates the file with the changes without prompting.
	Never ignores all changes to the open file.

On Launch determines how Dreamweaver handles unsaved changes in the current document when you launch an external text editor.

	Prompt alerts you to save changes before launching the editor.
	Always saves changes without prompting.
	Never ignores unsaved changes and opens the most recently saved version of the file in the external editor.

Images specifies the location of the external editor for image files (such as GIF, JPEG, and PNG images). Type the path or click Browse to choose the application. See Editing an image.