The following typographical conventions are used in this book:
- Menu options
Menu options are shown using the → character, such as File → Open.
-
Constant Width
Indicates code examples, functions, variables, HTML elements, attributes, and events.
-
Constant Width Bold
Indicates items that the user must enter exactly as shown, such as in a dialog box. In some tables, the default option is shown in bold.
-
Constant Width Italic
Indicates variables in code or dialog boxes that should be replaced with user-supplied information.
-
Italic
Indicates filenames, online addresses (URLs), items that need emphasis, and newly introduced technical terms.
Warning
Warnings alert you to ill-advised techniques or irrevocable choices that could be destructive.
Although Dreamweaver’s user interface is nearly identical on Macintosh and Windows, I’ve incorporated screenshots from both platforms. When the user interface differs markedly between the two platforms, I’ve included screenshots of both the Macintosh and Windows interface.
Some Dreamweaver menus and shortcuts vary across the two platforms. Most keyboard shortcuts require you to press one or more indicated function keys (such as F5), modifier keys (such as Shift), or alphanumeric keys (such as A) simultaneously. Keyboard shortcuts are shown using capital letters, but the Shift key should be used only when indicated explicitly (the word Shift is used on both platforms, even though the Dreamweaver menus on the Macintosh use an arrow symbol to indicate the Shift key).
Most shortcuts have nearly equivalent counterparts on both platforms.
The counterpart of the Windows
Ctrl
key is the Macintosh
Command
key (a.k.a., the Apple, cloverleaf, or
propeller key), abbreviated as
Cmd
. The counterpart of the Windows
Alt
key is the Macintosh
Option
key, shown in the menus as a bizarre
character rarely reproduced in print and abbreviated as
Opt
.
Tip
Use Edit → Keyboard Shortcuts to open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box, which summarizes all keyboard shortcuts. Use the Export Set as HTML button in this dialog box to save the listing in an HTML file that can be printed out for easy reference. (This book uses the same keyboard shortcut notation as the exported file.)
Windows users can access any menu item using the Alt key followed by one or more letters in sequence (as indicated by underlining in the menu). For example Alt-V, W means to press the Alt key, followed by the V key (to access the View menu), followed by the W key (to access the Design View on Top option).
Keyboard shortcuts are summarized in Appendix A. Some shortcuts may not work on some computers, particularly laptops, which intercept some function keys. If a shortcut does not work on the Macintosh, turn off the Hot Function Key option in the Keyboard Control Panel.
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