Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual

Appendix A. Getting Help

Hard as it may be to believe, even this book may not answer all your questions about Dreamweaver. Fortunately, a wide range of other resources awaits when a particular feature doesn’t work for you.

Getting Help from Dreamweaver

There’s plenty of assistance built right into the program, from beginner tutorials to a complete browser-based help system. You can also access Dreamweaver’s electronic help system and online support center from the Help menu.

What’s New

If you want a comprehensive overview of Dreamweaver CS3’s new features, select the “What’s New in Dreamweaver” option from the Help menu. The Help system launches and you can access a categorized list of new features that includes short descriptions and links to more detailed discussions in the electronic help system. Unfortunately, they neglected to put references to the appropriate pages in this Missing Manual.

Detailed Assistance

For detailed information on specific features of the program, turn to the Dreamweaver Help system. This electronic guide includes information on all the program’s features. While the documentation is much better than in previous versions of the program, its coverage sometimes lacks detail. Choose Help → Dreamweaver Help or press F1 to open this help system.

Adobe also has a more interactive version of their help system online—it’s called LiveDocs. This Web-based reference includes much of the same content you’ll find in the program’s help system, with one notable addition: the ...