Ways To Customize Dreamweaver - Adobe 38040334 - Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual

Chapter 2: Customizing
Dreamweaver
In addition to creating and using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 extensions, you can customize
Dreamweaver in many ways, which lets you work in a manner that's familiar, comfortable, and
efficient for you.

Ways to customize Dreamweaver

There are several general approaches to customizing Dreamweaver. Some of these approaches
are covered in Using Dreamweaver. These approaches let you customize your workspace. You can
also change settings in dialog boxes in Dreamweaver. You can set preferences in a variety of areas,
including accessibility, code coloring, fonts, highlighting, and previewing in browsers, using the
Preferences panel (Edit > Preferences, or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Mac OS X)). You can also
change keyboard shortcuts, using the Keyboard Shortcut Editor (Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts) or
by editing a configuration file.
The following list describes some of the ways you can customize Dreamweaver by editing config-
uration files:
• Rearrange the objects in the Insert bar, create new tabs to reorganize the objects, or add new
objects. See "Modifying the Insert bar" on page 106.
• Change the names of menu items, add new commands to menus, and remove existing
commands from menus. See "Menus and menu commands" on page 136.
• Change how third-party tags (including ASP and JSP tags) appear in the Document window's
Design view. See "Customizing the interpretation of third-party tags" on page 8.
• Change keyboard shortcut mappings for your non-U.S. English keyboard. See "Changing
keyboard shortcut mappings" on page 28.
In addition, you can tailor Dreamweaver to meet your needs by doing the following:
• "Customizing default documents" on page 6
• "Customizing page designs" on page 6