Adobe 38040334 - Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual page 12

• "Customizing the appearance of dialog boxes" on page 6
• "Changing the default file type" on page 7
• "Customizing the interpretation of third-party tags" on page 8
• "Customizing workspace layouts" on page 23
• "Customizing the Coding toolbar" on page 27
Customizing default documents
The DocumentTypes/NewDocuments folder contains a default (blank) document of each type that you can create
using Dreamweaver. When you create a new blank document by selecting File > New and selecting an item from the
Basic Page, Dynamic Page, or Other categories, Dreamweaver bases the new document on the appropriate default
document in this folder. To change what appears in a default document of a given type, edit the appropriate
document in this folder.
Note: If you want all the pages in your site to contain common elements (such as a copyright notice) or a common layout,
it's better to use templates and library items than to change the default documents. For more information about
templates and library items, see Using Dreamweaver).
Customizing page designs
Dreamweaver provides a variety of predesigned Cascading Style Sheets, framesets, and page designs. You can create
pages based on these designs by selecting File > New.
To customize the available designs, edit the files in BuiltIn/css, BuiltIn/framesets, BuiltIn/Templates, and
BuiltIn/TemplatesAccessible folders.
Note: The designs listed in the Page Designs and Page Designs (Accessible) categories are Dreamweaver template files;
for more information on templates, see Using Dreamweaver.
You can also create custom page designs by adding files to the subfolders of the BuiltIn folder. To make a description
of the file appear in the New Document dialog box, create a Design Notes file (in the appropriate _notes folder) that
corresponds to the page design file.
Customizing the appearance of dialog boxes
The dialog box layouts for objects, commands, and behaviors are specified as HTML forms; they reside in HTML
files in the Configuration folder within the Dreamweaver application folder. You edit these forms as you would edit
any form in Dreamweaver. For more information, see Using Dreamweaver.
Note: In a multiuser operating system, you should edit copies of configuration files in your user Configuration folder
rather than editing Dreamweaver configuration files. For more information, see "Multiuser Configuration folders" on
page 73.
To change the appearance of a dialog box:
1 In Dreamweaver, select Edit > Preferences, and then select the Code Rewriting category.
Deselect the Rename Form Items When Pasting option.
2
Deselecting this option ensures that form items retain their original names when you copy and paste them.
3 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.
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