MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8 User manual

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FILE MENU
EDIT MENU
PAGE VIEWS
Action Shortcut
New document Control+N
Open an HTML file Control+O, or drag the
file from the Explorer or
Files panel to the
Document window
Open in frame Control+Shift+O
Close Control+W
Close all Control+Shift+W
Save Control+S
Save as Control+Shift+S
Exit/Quit Control+Q or Alt+F4
Action Shortcut
Undo Control+Z or
Alt+Backspace
Redo Control+Y or
Control+Shift+Z
Cut Control+X or
Shift+Delete
Copy Control+C or
Control+Insert
Paste Control+V or
Shift+Insert
Paste Special Control+Shift+V
Clear Delete
Select all Control+A
Select parent tag Control+[
Select child Control+]
Find and replace Control+F
Find next F3
Show Code Hints Control+Spacebar
Go to line Control+G
Indent code Control+Shift+>
Outdent code Control+Shift+<
Balance braces Control+’
Preferences Control+U
To toggle the
display of
Shortcut
Layout mode Control+F6
Expanded Tables
mode
F6
Live Data mode Control+R
Live Data Control+Shift+R
Switch between
Design and Code
views
Control+`
Head content Control+Shift+H
VIEWING PAGE ELEMENTS
EDITING TEXT
Server debug Control+Shift+G
Refresh Design view F5
Switch to next
document
Control+Tab
Switch to previous
document
Control+Shift+Tab
Close window Control+F4
To toggle the
display of
Shortcut
Visual aids Control+Shift+I
Rulers Control+Alt+R
Guides Control+;
Lock guides Control+Alt+;
Snap to guides Control+Shift+;
Guides snap to
elements
Control+Shift+/
Grid Control+Alt+G
Snap to grid Control+Alt+Shift+G
Page properties Control+J
Action Shortcut
Create a new
paragraph
Enter
Insert a line break <BR> Shift+Enter
Insert a nonbreaking
space
Control+Shift+
Spacebar
Move text or object to
another place in the
page
Drag selected item
to new location
Copy text or object to
another place in the
page
Control-drag selected
item to new location
Select a word Double-click
Go to next word Control+Right
Go to previous word Control+Left
Go to previous
paragraph
Control+Up
Go to next paragraph Control+Down
Select until next word Control+Shift+Right
Select from previous
word
Control+Shift+Left
Select until next
paragraph
Control+Shift+Down
Select from previous
paragraph
Control+Shift+Up
Open and close the
Property inspector
Control+F3
Check spelling Shift+F7
To toggle the
display of
Shortcut
FORMATTING TEXT
Note: Some text formatting shortcuts have no
effect when working in the code editors.
FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT
CODE EDITING
Action Shortcut
Indent Control+Alt+]
Outdent Control+Alt+[
Format > None Control+0 (zero)
Paragraph Format Control+Shift+P
Apply Headings 1
through 6 to a
paragraph
Control+1 through 6
Align > Left Control+Alt+Shift+L
Align > Center Control+Alt+Shift+C
Align > Right Control+Alt+Shift+R
Align > Justify Control+Alt+Shift+J
Make selected text
bold
Control+B
Make selected text
italic
Control+I
Action Shortcut
Find Control+F
Find next/Find again F3
Find selection Shift+F3
Action Shortcut
Switch to Design view Control+`
Print code Control+P
Validate markup Shift+F6
Edit tag Shift+F5
Open Quick Tag Editor Control+T
Open Snippets panel Shift+F9
Show code hints Control+Spacebar
Insert tag Control+E
Surround with # Control+Shift+3
Select parent tag Control+[
Balance braces Control+’
Select all Control+A
Bold Control+B
Italic Control+I
Copy Control+C
Find and replace Control+F
Find selection Shift+F3
Find next F3
Paste Control+V
Paste Special n/a
Cut Control+X
Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

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WORKING IN TABLES
Redo Control+Y
Undo Control+Z
Delete word left Control+Backspace
Delete word right Control+Delete
Go to line Control+G
Select line up Shift+Up
Select line down Shift+Down
Character select left Shift+Left
Character select right Shift+Right
Move to page up Page Up
Move to page down Page Down
Select to page up Shift+Page Up
Select to page down Shift+Page Down
Move word left Control+Left
Move word right Control+Right
Select word left Control+Shift+Left
Select word right Control+Shift+Right
Move to start of line Home
Move to end of line End
Select to start of line Shift+Home
Select to end of line Shift+End
Move to top of code Control+Home
Move to end of code Control+End
Select to top of code Control+Shift+Home
Select to end of code Control+Shift+End
Collapse selection Control+Shift+C
Collapse outside
selection
Control+Alt+C
Expand selection Control+Shift+E
Collapse full tag Control+Shift+J
Collapse outside full
tag
Control+Alt+J
Expand All Control+Alt+E
Action Shortcut
Select table (with
insertion point
inside the table)
Control+A (+A, +A)
Move to the next cell Tab
Move to the previous
cell
Shift+Tab
Insert a row (before
current)
Control+M
Add a row at end of
table
Tab in the last cell
Delete the current row Control+Shift+M
Insert a column Control+Shift+A
Action Shortcut
Note: Some table shortcuts do not work in
Layout view.
WORKING IN FRAMES
WORKING WITH TEMPLATES
WORKING WITH LAYERS
Delete a column Control+Shift+ -
(hyphen)
Merge selected table
cells
Control+Alt+M
Split table cell Control+Alt+S
Increase column span Control+Shift+]
Decrease column span Control+Shift+[
Action Shortcut
Select a frame Alt-click in frame
Select next frame or
frameset
Alt+Right Arrow
Select previous
frame or frameset
Alt+Left Arrow
Select parent frameset Alt+Up Arrow
Select first child frame
or frameset
Alt+Down Arrow
Add a new frame to
frameset
Alt-drag frame border
Add a new frame to
frameset using push
method
Alt+Control-drag
frame border
Action Shortcut
Create new editable
region
Control+Alt+V
Action Shortcut
Select a layer Control+Shift-click
Select and move layer Shift+Control-drag
Add or remove layer
from selection
Shift-click layer border
Move selected layer
by pixels
Arrow keys
Move selected layer by
snapping increment
Shift+arrow keys
Resize selected layer
by pixels
Control+arrow keys
Resize selected layer
by snapping increment
Control+Shift+arrow
keys
Align layers left Control+Shift+1
Align layers right Control+Shift+3
Align layers top Control+Shift+4
Align layers bottom Control+Shift+6
Make same width Control+Shift+7
Make same height Control+Shift+9
Action Shortcut WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE
WORKING WITH IMAGES
ZOOMING
MANAGING HYPERLINKS
Action Shortcut
Display Timeline Alt+F9
Add object to Timeline Control+Alt+Shift+T
Action Shortcut
Change image source
attribute
Double-click image
Edit image in external
editor
Control–double-click
image
Action Shortcut
Zoom in Control+=
Zoom out Control+-
Magnify 50% Control+Alt+5
Magnify 100% Control+Alt+1
Magnify 200% Control+Alt+2
Magnify 300% Control+Alt+3
Magnify 400% Control+Alt+4
Magnify 800% Control+Alt+8
Magnify 1600% Control+Alt+6
Fit selection Control+Alt+0
Fit all Control+Shift+0
Fit width Control+Shift+Alt+0
Switch to Zoom mode
from Regular mode
Shift+Control+Alt+Z
Switch to Regular
mode from Zoom
mode
V+O
Switch to Hand mode
from Regular mode
Shift+Control+Alt+H
Switch to Hand mode
from Zoom mode
H+Spacebar
Action Shortcut
Check links Shift+F8
Create hyperlink
(select text)
Control+L
Remove hyperlink Control+Shift+L
Drag and drop to
create a hyperlink
from a document
Select the text, image,
or object, then Shift-
drag the selection to a
file in the Files panel
Drag and drop to
create a hyperlink
using the
Property inspector
Select the text, image,
or object, then drag the
point-to-file icon in
Property inspector to a
file in the Files panel
Open the linked-to
document
in Dreamweaver
Control–double-click
link
Check links in the
entire site
Control+F8

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GETTING HELP
TARGETING AND PREVIEWING
IN BROWSERS
DEBUGGING IN BROWSERS
SITE MANAGEMENT AND FTP
SITE MAP
Action Shortcut
Using Dreamweaver
Help topics
F1
Using ColdFusion Help
topics
Control+F1
Reference Shift+F1
Action Shortcut
Preview in primary
browser
F12
Preview in secondary
browser
Shift+F12 or
Control+F12
Action Shortcut
Debug in primary
browser
Alt+F12
Debug in secondary
browser
Control+Alt+F12
Action Shortcut
Refresh F5
Create new file Control+Shift+N
Create new folder Control+Alt+Shift+N
Delete file Delete
Copy file Control+C
Cut file Control+X
Paste file Control+V
Duplicate file Control+D
Rename file F2
Get selected files or
folders from remote
FTP site
Control+Shift+D or
drag files from Remote
to Local pane in Files
panel
Put selected files or
folders to remote
FTP site
Control+Shift+U or
drag files from Local to
Remote pane in Files
panel
Check out Control+Alt+Shift+D
Check in Control+Alt+Shift+U
View site map Alt+F8
Cancel FTP Escape
Action Shortcut
View site files F8
View as root Control+Shift+R
Link to existing file Control+Shift+K
Change link Control+L
Remove link Control+Shift+L
Show/Hide link Control+Shift+Y
Show page titles Control+Shift+T
RECORDING COMMANDS
PLAYING PLUGINS
INSERTING OBJECTS
OPENING AND CLOSING PANELS
Action Shortcut
Start recording Control+Shift+X
Action Shortcut
Play plugin Control+Alt+P
Stop plugin Control+Alt+X
Play all plugins Control+Alt+Shift+P
Stop all plugins Control+Alt+Shift+X
Action Shortcut
Any object (image,
Shockwave movie,
and so on)
Drag file from the
Explorer or Files
panel to the
Document window
Image Control+Alt+I
Table Control+Alt+T
Flash Control+Alt+F
Shockwave Control+Alt+D
Named anchor Control+Alt+A
Action Shortcut
Insert bar Control+F2
Properties Control+F3
CSS Styles Shift+F11
Behaviors Shift+F4
Tag Inspector F9
Snippets Shift+F9
Reference Shift+F1
Databases Control+Shift+F10
Bindings Control+F10
Server Behaviors Control+F9
Components Control+F7
Files F8
Assets F11
Results F7
Code inspector F10
Frames Shift+F2
History Shift+F10
Layers F2
Timeline Alt+F9
Show/Hide panels F4