Chapter 1: Learning Dreamweaver; Where To Start - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-GETTING STARTED WITH DREAMWEAVER Getting Started

CHAPTER 1
Learning Dreamweaver
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 includes a variety of resources to help you
learn the program quickly and become proficient in creating your own web
pages. All of the Dreamweaver documentation is available in both
electronic help and PDF format.
This chapter contains the following topics:

Where to start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Getting the most from the Dreamweaver documentation. . . . . . . 19
Using the Dreamweaver help system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Where to start
The Dreamweaver documentation includes information for readers from a
variety of backgrounds. This section helps you understand how to
approach the documentation, depending on what your background is, and
what you want to accomplish with Dreamweaver.
This section covers the following topics:
"Web-design novices" on page 15
"Experienced web designers" on page 16
"Experienced hand-coders" on page 18
"Web application developers" on page 18
Web-design novices
If you are relatively new to web design, this section will point you to
sections of the Dreamweaver documentation that are most appropriate for
your background.
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