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Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 Bible
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Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 Bible

by Joseph Lowery
March 2009
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
1321 pages
46h 24m
English
Wiley
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8
Part I
Laying the Groundwork in Dreamweaver CS4
FIGURE 1-5
The revamped Property inspector identifies the existing rule for the current selection and makes it easy to
modify related properties or create a new CSS rule.
Property inspector’s
HTML and CSS tabs
One of the biggest innovations in the previous version of Dreamweaver, the JavaScript framework
known as Spry, continues to evolve. Now, it’s easier than ever to incorporate external data into Ajax-
driven pages. The X in Ajax stands for XML and, while Dreamweaver still supports the integration
of XML data sets, it now also can work with HTML data. Whether you set up your data in a table
of images and text or a series of divs or lists, the completely revamped Spry Data Sets feature can
handle it. Step through a wizard-like interface to identify data columns, define data types, and even
format the output data. Spry Data Sets are a major advance for designers looking to make their pages
more interactive and take advantage of modern Web practices.
In addition to Spry Data Sets, other Spry enhancements have been included in Dreamweaver CS4.
The new Spry Tooltip object brings additional, optional information to your Web pages. The Spry
Tooltip can be applied to any element on the page, such as a text phrase or image, and not just a
link. You also have control over the tooltip’s look-and-feel (Figure 1-6) as well as its method of
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