Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual

Appendix B. Dreamweaver CS4, Menu by Menu

Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual is quite complete; in its pages, you’ll find descriptions of every major Dreamweaver function (and most minor ones). In the interests of completeness, however, here’s a quick reference to every command in every menu—and the answer to the occasional “What does that mean?” mystery.

File Menu

The commands in the File menu control the open Dreamweaver document as a whole. They also include basic file functions like saving and quitting:

• New. Opens the New Document window, which lets you select a new, blank document among many different types, from basic HTML pages to dynamic pages like ASP or PHP. This window also lets you access templates you’ve created for your site.

• Open. Opens the standard Open File dialog box so you can choose an existing Dreamweaver document to open. You can set the Show pop-up menu to show only specific types of documents—only HTML or style sheets, for example. The Preview button displays a thumbnail image of the document, if one’s available.

• Browse in Bridge. Bridge is Adobe’s file manager program. It’s like the Windows Explorer or Mac Finder. Bridge is a way to browse, find and open documents. It’s part of Adobe’s graphic heritage and works best with image files—in other words, Photoshop and Illustrator files, not Dreamweaver documents.

• Open Recent. Displays a submenu that lists the 10 most recently opened documents. Selecting a document from the list opens it. The last option in this menu, ...