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Neat Thing about Dreamweaver

A neat thing I like about Dreamweaver is the library files. Creating a library file is simple however updating the content in the library item is truly where the power comes from. It is an exceptional tool; with a couple clicks of a button allows you to update 100's of pages with that particular library file referenced. I never knew something like this existed and I have been using dreamweaver since Version MX was out.

Creating an Internal Link

Creating an internal link in Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 is very easy to accomplish. Below I will list the steps that have to be taken in order to achieve this task
  1. Open up the document you would like to create an internal link in.
  2. Select the item you would like the internal link to point to.
  3. From the menu system at the top select Insert --> Named Anchor (Dreamweaver Shortcut Ctrl + Alt + A).
  4. Name the anchor according to its specific function, once you select ok an Anchor like icon will appear next to the item you selected.
  5. For this example we will create a Go To Top internal text link.
  6. Select an item near the top of the screen and create a named anchor using steps 2 - 4 outlined above.
  7. Scroll to the bottom of the page and type Go To Top in regular text.
  8. Highlight that text and from the Insert menu select Hyperlink
  9. The Hyperlink properties menu will open up with the Text field displaying "Go To Top" below it will be a field named "Link".
  10. Select the Drop down arrow to the right of this field named "Link" and select the name of your named anchor.
  11. The anchor name should have a pound sign (#) in front of it.
  12. Click on ok and test out the link in a web browser.