Saving Your Work and Previewing in a Browser

Even though Dreamweaver is a WYSIWYG tool, you'll need to see how your page really looks in particular browsers. It's a good idea to save your work before you preview it. Saving your work lets Dreamweaver set the paths to linked files, such as images, correctly. We'll explore the concept of linked files and paths further in the next hour.

Macromedia says you can define up to 20 browsers for previewing. Good luck finding 20 browsers! I generally have two defined: Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Although you can install multiple versions of Netscape, you can have only a single version of Internet Explorer installed on your computer. You will have to have these programs installed on ...

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