Introduction - MACROMEDIA STUDIO 8-EXPLORING STUDIO 8 Manual

Introduction

This manual introduces you to Macromedia Studio 8, an integrated web
development suite that includes Macromedia Dreamweaver 8,
Macromedia Flash Professional 8, Macromedia Fireworks 8, Macromedia
Contribute 3.1, and Macromedia FlashPaper 2.
This manual gives an overview of the products, introduces conceptual
information about website development, and shows you how to build a
simple but functional website through a series of tutorials.
The information in this manual is designed for beginners, especially users
who are unfamiliar with one or all of the products in the Studio 8 family.
Intermediate and advanced users can benefit by learning recommended
techniques.
This manual is not a comprehensive reference for all of the features of the
Studio products. For in-depth information, see each product's help
system. To use a product's help system, in the product's Help menu,
select Using Product Name.
This chapter contains the following sections:
What you can do with Studio 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing Studio 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Activating your Studio products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Registering your Studio products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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