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Editing HTML in Dreamweaver
Although Macromedia Dreamweaver allows you to create and edit Web pages
visually without worrying about the HTML source code, there are times
when you may need access to your page’s underlying HTML. Being able to
edit the HTML can provide you with more control to modify and troubleshoot
your Web page.
For example, suppose you select text on your document and apply a new font, but
it only affects half the sentence. By looking at the HTML code in Dreamweaver
Code view (or Code inspector), you discover that the closing
</font>
tag is in the
middle of the sentence; all you have to do is move
</font>
to the end of your
sentence and the problem is fixed.
If you are interested in learning HTML, using the Dreamweaver visual editing
capabilities along with its Code view (or Code inspector) is a great way to
understand how HTML works. You can compare the HTML code to the visual
view to see how it corresponds.
Dreamweaver provides access to the HTML code through the Code view, the
Code inspector, and the Quick Tag Editor. For help in understanding and writing
HTML code, use the Dreamweaver Reference panel.
Dreamweaver also gives you the ability to open HTML files written elsewhere
without worrying about your code being compromised. Dreamweaver uses
Roundtrip HTML to make sure your HTML content and structure do not
change as you switch back and forth between Dreamweaver and an external
HTML editor. In addition, you can use Dreamweaver to clean up HTML files
that contain messy or unreadable code.