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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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Accessing the Code Directly
6
Physical styles
HTML picked up the use of physical styles from modern typography and word processing programs.
Use a physical style when you want something to be absolutely bold, italic, or underlined (or, as we
say in HTML,
<b>, <i>, and <u>, respectively). You can apply the bold and the italic tags to selected
text through the Property inspector or by choosing Text ➪ Style; the underline style is available only
through the Text menu.
Working with Code View
and the Code Inspector
Although Dreamweaver offers many options for using the visual interface of the Document window,
sometimes you just have to tweak the code by hand. Dreamweaver’s acceptance by professional
coders is due in large part to the easy access to the underlying code. Dreamweaver includes several
methods for directly viewing, inputting, and modifying code for your Web page. For large-scale
additions and changes, you might consider using an external HTML editor such as BBEdit or Home-
site, but for many situations, the built-in Code view and Code inspector are perfectly suited and
much faster to use.
Code view is one of the coolest tools in Dreamweaver’s code-savvy toolbox. You can either view your
code full-screen in the Document window, split-screen with Design view, or in a separate panel, the
Code inspector. The underlying engine for all Code views is the same.
You can use either ...
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