Special Edition Using® Macromedia® Studio 8

Chapter 2. Getting Comfortable with the Studio 8 Environment

In this chapter

• Studio 8: Common Application Elements 18

• Main Menu Bar and Toolbar 20

• Panels 20

• Property Inspector 21

• Tools Panel 22

• Tools 22

• Working with Text 32

• Character and Paragraph Attributes 34

• Troubleshooting 37

• Best Practices—Familiarizing Yourself with Panel Functionality and Customizing Your Workspace 37

Studio 8: Common Application Elements

To provide continuity between the development applications within Studio (except ColdFusion), Macromedia has created a set of common user-interface elements that are shared across each application. Familiarizing yourself with how these tools work and their distinctions across the individual programs can help you work faster and smarter.

Note

ColdFusion ...