Chapter 1. DREAMWEAVER CS3—YOUR CREATIVE PARTNER

After 8, comes . . . not 9, but CS3. In the confusing world of marketing, Dreamweaver versions have gone from straightforward numbers to a couple of meaningless letters (MX), to MX 2004 (which didn't reflect the year of release accurately), and back to numbers again. So why CS3? And does it make any sense?

In one respect, the change symbolizes the fact that Dreamweaver is under new ownership. Macromedia, the company that turned Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks into must-have tools for web developers, was acquired by Adobe at the end of 2005. And Dreamweaver (together with former Macromedia stable mates Fireworks and Flash) is now part of Creative Suite, Adobe's family of web and print design tools ...

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