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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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Part II
Designing and Crafting Basic Pages
FIGURE 7-11
Insert a new property directly into a rule through the Properties pane’s Add Property link.
To add a new property to an existing rule in the Properties pane, follow these steps:
1. In the Properties pane, click Add New Property.
2. Enter the property in the blank field that appears. Alternatively, you can choose a property
from the drop-down list.
3. Press Tab or Enter (Return) to move to the second column.
4. Enter the value for the new property.
To remove a property from the Properties pane, select it and press Delete.
Rather than type out the whole property, you can enter just the first few letters and press
Alt+down arrow (Option+down arrow). Dreamweaver goes right to the first matching
property. Press Enter (Return) after you’ve found your match to move to the second column to enter
the desired value(s).
You can add new properties through the CSS Styles panel in either All or Current modes. All mode
works best when you’re editing CSS from a top-down perspective. If you’d prefer a bottom-up approach,
switch to Current mode and select the tag containing the existing style rather than the style itself.
Managing CSS rules
The development of the CSS rules for a site is an evolutionary process. The designer may start by
embedding CSS layout rules in the basic page and, when the design is locked down, elect to move
the rule ...
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