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Adobe Dreamwaver CS4
(Formerly Macromedia Dreamweaver) is a proprietary development application developed by Adobe Systems. Dreamweaver was originally developed by Macromedia, until Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005. Adobe Dreamweaver is available for both Mac and Windows operating systems.
Welcome Screen
Once you launch the application Dreamweaver CS4 you will see the Welcome screen.
The Welcome screen has several sections to it
Open a Recent Item – Contains a list of the nine most recently opened items in
Dreamweaver
Create New – To create a new page or site. Top Features(videos) ‐ The link directs to video training for Dreamweaver Getting Started ‐ Gives you a quick tour of Dreamweaver’s functionality New Features ‐ This opens the online new features documentation. Resource – Provides links for further resources on adobe’s site for Dreamweaver.
Dreamwaver File Types
You can work with a variety of file types in Dreamweaver. The primary kind of file you will work with is the HTML file. HTML files—or Hypertext Markup Language files—contain the tag‐based language responsible for displaying a web page in a browser. You can save HTML files with either the .html or .htm extension. Dreamweaver saves files using the .html extension by default. Following are some of the other common file types you might use when working in Dreamweaver:
CSS ‐ Cascading Style Sheet files have a .css extension. They are used to format HTML content and control the positioning of various page elements.
GIF ‐ Graphics Interchange Format files have a .gif extension. GIF format is a popular web graphic format for cartoons, logos, graphics with transparent areas, and animations. GIFs contain a maximum of 256 colors.
JPEG ‐ Joint Photographic Experts Group files (named after the organization that created the format) have a .jpg extension, and are usually photographs or high‐color images. The JPEG format is best for digital or scanned photographs, images using textures,
(Formerly Macromedia Dreamweaver) is a proprietary development application developed by Adobe Systems. Dreamweaver was originally developed by Macromedia, until Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005. Adobe Dreamweaver is available for both Mac and Windows operating systems.
Welcome Screen
Once you launch the application Dreamweaver CS4 you will see the Welcome screen.
The Welcome screen has several sections to it
Open a Recent Item – Contains a list of the nine most recently opened items in
Dreamweaver
Create New – To create a new page or site. Top Features(videos) ‐ The link directs to video training for Dreamweaver Getting Started ‐ Gives you a quick tour of Dreamweaver’s functionality New Features ‐ This opens the online new features documentation. Resource – Provides links for further resources on adobe’s site for Dreamweaver.
Dreamwaver File Types
You can work with a variety of file types in Dreamweaver. The primary kind of file you will work with is the HTML file. HTML files—or Hypertext Markup Language files—contain the tag‐based language responsible for displaying a web page in a browser. You can save HTML files with either the .html or .htm extension. Dreamweaver saves files using the .html extension by default. Following are some of the other common file types you might use when working in Dreamweaver:
CSS ‐ Cascading Style Sheet files have a .css extension. They are used to format HTML content and control the positioning of various page elements.
GIF ‐ Graphics Interchange Format files have a .gif extension. GIF format is a popular web graphic format for cartoons, logos, graphics with transparent areas, and animations. GIFs contain a maximum of 256 colors.
JPEG ‐ Joint Photographic Experts Group files (named after the organization that created the format) have a .jpg extension, and are usually photographs or high‐color images. The JPEG format is best for digital or scanned photographs, images using textures,