Dreamweaver® CS3 Bible

Chapter 3. Touring Dreamweaver

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Comparing workspace layouts

• Working in the Document window

• Accessing common commands on the toolbars

• Inserting elements with the Insert bar

• Modifying tag properties with the Property inspector

• Working with dockable panels

• Stepping through the menus

Dreamweaver's user interface is efficient, powerful, and flexible. By offering a wide variety of customizable tools and controls, Dreamweaver helps you tailor its workspace to your specific preferences and needs so that you can focus on the task of creating your Web site. This chapter provides a detailed overview of the Dreamweaver workspace so you know where all the tools are when you need to use them.

Choosing a Workspace Layout

One of Dreamweaver's greatest strengths is its flexibility. The makers of Dreamweaver realize that not everyone works in the same way, and they have created a product that you can customize to maximize your efficiency. By default, Dreamweaver provides three different workspace layouts and even allows you to customize your own.

You can access these options by choosing Window

The default layout option is referred to as the Designer workspace. This configuration enables you to open several documents within the same window. Here, Dreamweaver's many panels are organized into groups and docked on the right side of the window. The Designer is illustrated in Figure 3-1.

A variation on ...