Getting Information About Documents - Adobe GOLIVE CS2 User Manual

Getting information about documents

To view document statistics for the current page
Do one of the following:
Choose Show > Document Statistics from the menu at the bottom of the document window to display the size of
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the page in bytes.
Choose Special > Document Statistics to display the Document Statistics dialog box, which provides general infor­
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mation about your web page, including its byte size, word count, character count, and the approximate time it
takes to download. Note that the byte sizes listed don't include media, such as QuickTime or sound because they
may be set to start playing before they are fully downloaded. In addition, the download times listed are only rough
estimates based on a well-defined set of circumstances. External conditions, such as heavy traffic on the network
and web server overload, may substantially change the real time it takes to download the page.
You can create a query for more detailed information, such as the download time for everything that makes up the
page (images, QuickTime movies, and so on).
See also
"Generating queries" on page 237
Using metadata with site files
File information—also called metadata—is increasingly important in all types of publishing. Metadata preserves
information about the contents, copyright status, origin, and history of documents, and can be used to search for
files.
You can modify the metadata of any site file that already contains XMP data, except HTML files. The information
you add is embedded in the file using XMP (eXtensible Metadata Platform). XMP facilitates the exchange of
metadata between Adobe applications and across publishing workflows. For example, you can save metadata from
one file as a template, and then import the metadata into other files.
Companies can use the XMP Software Development Kit to customize the creation, processing, and interchange of
metadata. For example, you can use the XMP SDK to add fields to the File Info dialog box. More information on
XMP and the XMP SDK is available on the Adobe Solutions Network at
http://partners.adobe.com/public/asn/developer/detail.html.
To add metadata to a document
1 Select one or more files in the site window and choose File > File Info.
Select a category from the list on the left, enter the desired information, and click OK.
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Note: If you selected more than one file, selecting the checkbox next to items in the Description and Origin categories
applies the information to all files.
Specifies information about the document, such as title, author, description, and keywords that can be
Description
used to search for the document. To specify copyright information, select Copyrighted from the Copyright Status
menu. Then enter the copyright notice string and the URL of the person or company who owns the copyright.
Specifies information on the history of the artwork. To enter the current date in a short text format, click
Origin
Today. For Credit, enter the information needed in the credit line for a copyrighted image. Transmission Reference
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