Introduction | Opening the Program | Different Views | Program Layout | Panels: 1 - 2
The Insert Bar: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 | Creating a New Page | Opening a Page | Multiple Pages with Similar Styles
Page Properties | Text & Text Properties | Checking Spelling | Style Sheets: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
Tables: 1 - 2 - 3 | Images: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 | Links: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Publishing: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 | Templates: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 | Collaboration: 1 - 2 - 3
Outside References

Alt Tags:
On many websites, you may notice that if you put your cursor over an image, a tiny window of text will appear. These are controlled through "Alt Tags." Specifying Alt Tags is good design practice. If a visitor stops loading the page before the image is fully loaded, the Alt Tag text will appear in the image space instead.

More importantly, Alt Tags are used to make your site more accessible to visitors with disabilities. After selecting in image, in the new Properties palette, you can enter in this text in the "Alt" box on the far right. Now, once your page is complete and on the web, if you place the cursor over the image, that text will appear.

Borders:
Images sometimes look better if they have a border around them. You can do this by clicking your image, and entering in a number next to the word "Border" (towards the right) in the Properties menu. This is also measured in pixels.

Resizing Images:
It is also possible to resize the image in the new Properties window. "W" stands for the width of the image, and "H" for the height of the image. These numbers are measured in pixels. You can change them to whatever you wish in order to make the image the size of your liking.

Another way to resize an image is by clicking and dragging the tiny squares on the corners of the image.

Resizing an image in Dreamweaver MX 2004 does not physically change the properties of the image. You are not really resizing the image, but rather, telling Dreamweaver MX 2004 the size at which to display an image on a web page. If you are familiar with Adobe Photoshop, or another image editing program, it is recommended that you edit images there.

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