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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Key Board Shortcuts and Some Coding Tips in Macromedia Dreamweaver

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MANAGING FILES
Action Shortcut
New document Control+N
Open an HTML file Control+O
Open in frame Control+Shift+O
Close Control+W
Save Control+S
Save as Control+Shift+S
Exit/Quit Alt+F4 or Control+Q


GENERAL EDITING
Action Shortcut
Undo Control+Z
Redo Control+Y or Control+Shift+Z
Cut Control+X or Shift+Delete
Copy Control+C
Paste Control+V or Shift+Insert
Clear Delete
Bold Control+B
Italic Control+I
Select All Control+A
Move to page up Page Up
Move to page down Page Down
Select to page up Shift+Page Up
Select to page down Shift+Page Down
Select line up/down Shift+Up/Down
Move to start of line Home
Move to end of line End
Select to start of line Shift+Home
Select to end of line Shift+End
Go to previous/next paragraph Control+Up/Down
Go to next/previous word Control+Right/Left
Delete word left Control+Backspace
Delete word right Control+Delete
Select character left/right Shift+Left/Right
Find and Replace Control+F
Find next/find again F3
Replace Control+H
Copy HTML (in Design view) Control+Shift+C
Paste HTML (in Design view) Control+Shift+V
Preferences Control+U


PAGE VIEWS
To toggle the display of Shortcut
Standard view Control+Shift+F6
Layout view Control+F6
Live Data mode Control+R
Live Data Control+Shift+R
Switch to next document Control+Tab
Switch to previous document Control+Shift+Tab
Switch between Design and Code views Control+‘
Server debug Control+Shift+G
Refresh Design view F5


VIEWING PAGE ELEMENTS
To toggle the display of Shortcut
Visual Aids Control+Shift+I
Show Rulers Control+Alt+R
Show Grid Control+Alt+G
Snap to Grid Control+Alt+Shift+G
Head content Control+Shift+W
Page properties Control+J
Selection properties Control+Shift+J


CODE EDITING
Action Shortcut
Switch to Design view Control+‘
Print Code Control+P
Validate markup Shift+F6
Open Quick Tag Editor Control+T
Open Snippets panel Shift+F9
Show Code Hints Control+Spacebar
Indent Code Control+Shift+>
Outdent Code Control+Shift+<
Insert tag Control+E
Edit tag (in Design view) Control+F5
Select parent tag Control+[
Select child Control+]
Balance Braces Control+’
Toggle breakpoint Control+Alt+B
Go to line Control+G
Move to top of code Control+Home
Move to end of code Control+End
Select to top of code Control+Shift+Home
Select to end of code Control+Shift+End


TEXT EDITING
Action Shortcut
Create a new paragraph Enter
Insert a line break Shift+Enter
Insert a nonbreaking space Control+Shift+Spacebar
Move text or object to another place in the page Drag selected item to new location
Copy text or object to another place in the page Control-drag selected item to new location
Select a word Double-click
Add selected items to library Control+Shift+B
Open and close the Property inspector Control+Shift+J
Check spelling Shift+F7


WORKING IN TABLES
Action Shortcut
Select table (with cursor inside the table) Control+A
Move to the next cell Tab
Move to the previous cell Shift+Tab
Insert a row (before current) Control+M
Add a row at end of table Tab in the last cell
Delete the current row Control+Shift+M
Insert a column Control+Shift+A
Delete a column Control+Shift+ - (hyphen)
Merge selected table cells Control+Alt+M
Split table cell Control+Alt+S
Defer table update Control+Spacebar
Increase column span Control+Shift+]
Decrease column span Control+Shift+[


WORKING WITH IMAGES
Action Shortcut
Change image source attribute Double-click image
Edit image in external editor Control double-click image


WORKING IN FRAMES
Action Shortcut
Select a frame Alt-click in frame
Select next frame or frameset Alt+Right Arrow
Select previous frame or frameset Alt+Left Arrow
Select parent frameset Alt+Up Arrow
Select first child frame or frameset Alt+Down Arrow
Add a new frame to frameset Select frame, then Altdrag frame border
Add a new frame to frameset using push method Select frame, then Alt+Control-drag frame border


WORKING WITH LAYERS
Action Shortcut
Select a layer Control+Shift-click
Select and move layer Shift+Control-drag
Add or remove layer fromselection Shift-click layer
Move selected layer by pixels Arrow keys
Move selected layer by snapping increment Shift+arrow keys
Resize selected layer by pixels Control+Arrow keys
Resize selected layer by snapping increment Control+Shift+arrow keys
Toggle the display of the grid Control+Alt+G
Snap To grid Control+Shift+Alt+G
Align layers left Control+Shift+1
Align layers right Control+Shift+3
Align layers top Control+Shift+4
Align layers bottom Control+Shift+6
Make same width Control+Shift+7
Make same height Control+Shift+9

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