Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 Bible

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Part VI

Enhancing Productivity and Web Site Management

With each of the Template Properties types, you have the option to allow the nested template to con-

trol the attribute. Select this option if you intend to save the current document as a template—thus

creating a nested template—and if you want documents based on that nested template to set the

attribute value. You can also choose this option when editing a nested template. Nested templates

are covered in depth later in this chapter.

To set the editable attributes on a template-based document, follow these steps:

1. Choose Modify ➪ Template Properties. The Template Properties dialog box is displayed.

2. Select the attribute to specify its value.

3. If you want to allow the attribute to be modified in a document based on a nested template,

choose the Allow Nested Templates To Control This option. If the option is selected, the

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pass through in parentheses replaces the attribute value editing options.

4. Enter the new value for the attribute. Depending on the type of attribute you select, you

enter the value differently:

For Text, Number, and URL type attributes, enter the new value in the text field next to

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the editable attribute name.

For Color type attributes, select the color picker to sample the desired color from the

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color palette or any area on the screen. You can also enter the hexadecimal color value ...