MACROMEDIA 38028779 - Macromedia Dreamweaver - Mac Installation and operating instructions

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Acknowledgments

Project Management: Sheila McGinn

Writing: Kim Diezel, Valerie Hanscom, Jed Hartman, Emily Ricketts

Editing: Anne Szabla and Lisa Stanziano

Production Management: John “Zippy” Lehnus

Multimedia Design and Production: Aaron Begley and Noah Zilberberg

Print Production: Chris Basmajian, Paul Benkman, Caroline Branch, and Rebecca Godbois

Web Editing and Production: Jane Flint DeKoven and Jeff Harmon

Special thanks to Jaime Austin, Chris Bank, Saam Barrager, Heidi Bauer, Jennifer Chapman, Winsha Chen, Kristin Conradi,

Margaret Dumas, Peter Fenczik, Jean Fitzgerald, S Fred Golden, Stephanie Goss, Victor Grigorieff, Narciso (nj) Jaramillo, John Koch,

David Lenoe, Eric Lerner, Charles Nadeau, Eric Ott, Jeff Schang, Mike Sundermeyer, and the Dreamweaver engineering and QA teams.

First Edition: November 2000

Macromedia, Inc.

600 Townsend St.

San Francisco, CA 94103

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installing Dreamweaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Learning Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Web development workﬂow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Where to start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Typographical conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

What’s new in Dreamweaver 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

HTML and Web technologies resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Accessibility and Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

CHAPTER 1

Dreamweaver Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Take a guided tour of Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

The Dreamweaver work area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Set up the site structure for the tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Deﬁne a local site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Create the site home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Design a page in Layout view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Add content to the page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Work in Standard view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Use the Assets panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Insert Flash objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Create a template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Check your site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

The next steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Contents

CHAPTER 2

Dreamweaver Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

About the Dreamweaver work area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

About the different views in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Working with colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

About Web-safe colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Setting preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Using Dreamweaver with other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Basic Customizing in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

CHAPTER 3

Planning and Setting Up Your Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About site planning and design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Using Dreamweaver to set up a new site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Editing an existing Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Editing a remote site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Removing a site from your list of sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

CHAPTER 4

Site Management and Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . 107

About the Site window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Viewing and opening ﬁles in the Site window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

About the site map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Using the site map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Setting up a remote site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

About WebDAV and SourceSafe integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Troubleshooting remote site setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Using Check In/Check Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

About Design Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Using reports to improve workﬂow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Getting and putting ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Synchronizing the ﬁles on your local and remote sites . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Contents

CHAPTER 5

Setting Up a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Creating, opening, and saving HTML documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Setting document properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Selecting elements in the Document window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Using visual guides in the design process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Viewing and editing head content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

About automating tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

CHAPTER 6

Designing Page Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

About layout cells and tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Drawing layout cells and tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Moving and resizing layout cells and tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Formatting layout cells and tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Setting layout width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Setting Layout View preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

CHAPTER 7

Using Tables to Present Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Inserting a table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Selecting table elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Formatting tables and cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Resizing tables and cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Adding and removing rows and columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Copying and pasting cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Sorting tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Exporting table data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

CHAPTER 8

Using Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Deciding whether to use frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

About creating frame-based Web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Creating frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Selecting a frame or frameset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Saving frame and frameset ﬁles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

About frame and frameset properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Controlling frame content with links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Handling browsers that can’t display frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Using behaviors with frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Contents

CHAPTER 9

Managing and Inserting Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Using the Assets panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Using favorite assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

CHAPTER 10

Inserting and Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Inserting text and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Creating lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Setting fonts, styles, color, and alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Using HTML styles to format text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Using CSS style sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Converting CSS styles to HTML tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

Checking spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Searching and replacing text, tags, and attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

CHAPTER 11

Inserting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Inserting an image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

Setting image properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Creating image maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Using an external image editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Applying behaviors to images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

CHAPTER 12

Using Dreamweaver and Fireworks Together . . . 281

Getting Fireworks ﬁles into Dreamweaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Launching Fireworks from within Dreamweaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Editing Fireworks ﬁles placed in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288

Optimizing Fireworks images and animations placed in Dreamweaver290

Updating Fireworks HTML placed in Dreamweaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Creating Web photo albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Contents

CHAPTER 13

Inserting Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7

Inserting media objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Launching an external editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

Using Design Notes with media objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

About Flash content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Using Flash button objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Using Flash text objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

Setting Flash object properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305

Inserting Flash movies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Inserting Generator objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

About Shockwave movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Adding sound to a page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Inserting Netscape Navigator plugin content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Inserting an ActiveX control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Inserting a Java applet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Using parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Using behaviors to control media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

CHAPTER 14

Editing HTML in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Understanding basic HTML tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Inserting comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

Using the Dreamweaver Reference panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

About Roundtrip HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Using the Code view (or Code inspector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

Inserting scripts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Opening and editing non-HTML ﬁles in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . .338

Editing an HTML tag in the Design view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

Setting code formatting preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Cleaning up HTML source code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Cleaning up Microsoft Word HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348

Using external HTML editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Contents

CHAPTER 15

Linking and Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

About document locations and paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354

Creating links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

Managing links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Creating jump menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369

Creating navigation bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371

Attaching behaviors to links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374

CHAPTER 16

Reusing Content with Templates

and Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Creating templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377

Deﬁning a template’s editable regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381

Creating documents based on templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388

Updating pages based on a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Exporting and importing XML content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Creating, managing, and editing library items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396

Using server-side includes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404

CHAPTER 17

Using Dynamic Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

About layers and HTML code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408

Creating layers on your page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409

Manipulating layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412

Setting layer properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417

Changing the stacking order of layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420

Changing layer visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420

Using tables and layers for layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Animating your layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425

Behavior actions for controlling layers timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434

Contents

CHAPTER 18

Using Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Using the Behaviors panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436

About events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436

Attaching a behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439

About behaviors and text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441

Attaching a behavior to a timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Changing a behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Updating a behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443

Creating new actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443

Downloading and installing third-party behaviors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443

Using the behavior actions that come with Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . .444

CHAPTER 19

Debugging JavaScript Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Running the debugger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .474

Finding and ﬁxing logical errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .476

CHAPTER 20

Creating Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

About CGI scripts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482

About form objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482

Creating a form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483

About form ﬁelds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485

Inserting checkboxes and radio buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491

About lists and menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493

About form buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496

About form design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .498

Processing forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499

Using behaviors with forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500

CHAPTER 21

Testing and Publishing a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Checking for browser compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502

Using Behaviors to detect browsers and plugins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503

Previewing in browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504

Checking links in a page or site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506

Checking download time and size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509

Using Reports to test a site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509

Contents

CHAPTER 22

Customizing Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Changing the default ﬁle type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514

Modifying the Objects panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515

Creating a simple object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516

About customizing Dreamweaver menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .517

Customizing the appearance of dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .529

Changing default HTML formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530

Working with browser proﬁles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532

Extending Dreamweaver: Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536

Customizing the interpretation of third-party tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537

APPENDIX

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .545

Edit menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546

Page views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546

Viewing page elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547

Code editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547

Editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549

Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550

Finding and replacing text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550

Working in tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551

Working with frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551

Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552

Working with timelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552

Working with images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

Managing hyperlinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

Targeting and previewing in browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

Debugging in browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .554

Site management and FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .554

Site map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555

Playing plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555

Working with templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555

Inserting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .556

History panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .556

Opening and closing panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557

Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557

Keyboard Shortcut Matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558

INDEX

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