MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER MX 2004-USING DREAMWEAVER Use Manual page 289

Inserting dates
Dreamweaver provides a convenient Date object, which inserts the current date in whatever
format you prefer (with or without the time) and provides the option of updating that date
whenever you save the file.
Note: The dates and times shown in the Insert Date dialog box are not the current date, nor do they
reflect the dates/times that a visitor sees when they display your site. They are examples only of the
way you want to display this information.
To insert the current date into a document:
In the Document window, place the insertion point where you want the date to be inserted.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Insert > Date.
In the Common category of the Insert bar, click the Date button.
In the resulting dialog box, select a format for the name of the day of the week, a format for the
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date, and a format for the time.
If you want the inserted date to be updated every time you save the document, select Update
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Automatically on Save. If you want the date to become plain text when it's inserted, and never
update automatically, deselect that option.
Click OK to insert the date.
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Tip: If you have selected Update Automatically on Save, you can edit the date format after it has been
inserted into the document by clicking on the formatted text and selecting Edit Date Format in the
Property inspector.
Inserting special characters
Certain special characters are represented in HTML by a name or a number, referred to as an
entity. HTML includes entity names for characters such as the copyright symbol (
ampersand (
&
(such as
—
Tip: HTML uses the angle brackets <> in its code, but you may need to express the special characters
for greater than or less than without Dreamweaver interpreting them as code. In this case, use &gt; for
greater than (>) and &it; for less than (<).
Unfortunately, many browsers (especially older browsers, and browsers other than Netscape
Navigator and Internet Explorer) don't properly display many of the named entities.
To insert a special character into a document:
In the Document window, place the insertion point where you want to insert a special character.
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Do one of the following:
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Select the name of the character from the Insert > HTML > Special Characters submenu.
In the Text category of the Insert bar, click the Characters button and select the character
you want.
Tip: There are many other special characters available; to select one of them, select Insert > HTML >
Special Characters > Other or select the HTML category of the Insert bar, click the Characters menu,
and select Other Characters. Select a character from the Insert Other Character dialog box, and
click OK.
), and the registered-trademark symbol (
) and a numeric equivalent (such as
). Each entity has both a name
&reg;
).
&#151;
) the
&copy;
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