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    Paragraph Format pop-up menu Paragraph Format

    Applies a structural paragraph format to a block of text or removes the paragraph format. With an insertion point in a block of text, choose a format.

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    Using HTML paragraph formats

    Align buttons Align

    The text align buttons align a block of text to the left, right, or center relative to the document window, a floating box, a layout text box, or a table cell. Uses the <div> tag.

    The object align buttons align a selected object on a layout grid relative to the grid, or aligns a selected floating box relative to the document window. Aligns multiple objects relative to the grid or window while maintaining the positions of the selected objects relative to one another. Select one or more floating boxes, or objects on a layout grid, and click an alignment button.

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    Aligning or block-indenting a paragraph

    Repositioning, aligning, or distributing objects

    Resizing and positioning floating boxes

    Text Styles buttons Text Styles

    Applies a bold, italic, or a fixed-width (teletype) format to selected text.

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    Applying HTML physical attributes to inline text

    Font Size pop-up menu Font Size

    Applies a relative font size to selected text. Choose a size that is relative to the browser preferences or relative to a base font size in the document.

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    Applying relative font sizes

    Text Color field Text Color

    Applies a color to selected text. Click the color field and choose a color in the Color palette.

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    Adding color to text

    Numbered List button Numbered List

    Formats blocks of text or other content as a numbered list. Choose a different list item character including Roman or Alpha from the Type > List menu.

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    Formatting lists

    Unnumbered List button Unnumbered List

    Formats blocks of text or other content as a bulleted list. Choose a different list item character including bullet, circle, or square from the Type > List menu.

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    Formatting lists

    Increase/Decrease Level buttons Increase/Decrease Level

    Increases or decreases a selected list item's indent and list item character by one level. Choose a different list item character from the Type > List menu.

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    Formatting lists

    New/Remove Link buttons New/Remove Link

    Adds an empty link for targeting a Web page, an anchor, or a file. Or removes a link from selected text and other content. Drag with the Point and Shoot button, browse, or enter a URL to target a file.

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    Creating hypertext links

    Linking files

    Link Warnings button Link Warnings

    Highlights links or file references in the Layout Editor, Source Editor, and Outline Editor that are either empty or missing their target file. Fix the warnings by referencing a file in the Inspector, or removing the link.

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    Fixing site errors

    Select Window button Select Window

    Toggles between the foremost site window and the foremost document window, or provides a menu of all open documents and windows. Click to toggle between a site window and document, or choose a document or window from the pop-up menu.

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    Switching between windows

    Show in Browser button in the toolbar Show in Browser

    Launches a browser to preview the current document locally from the hard drive. Click to launch the default browser, or choose a different browser from the pop-up menu. Choose Edit to add and remove browsers from the menu.

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    Previewing files

    Adobe Online button Adobe Online

    Downloads updates, additions, and new content for installed Adobe applications. Set update preferences and choose items to download.

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    Using Web resources

    New Element button New Element

    Adds a set of <element> start and end tags for adding new tags to a document's head or body section. Enter a tag name, and choose attributes and enumerations.

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    Adding new HTML elements

    New Attribute button New Attribute

    Adds a new attribute to a tag selected in the Outline Editor. Enter an attribute name.

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    Adding attributes

    New Text button New Text

    Creates a text box in the Outline Editor for entering text in the body or head section of a document.

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    Adding text or comments

    New Comment button New Comment

    Adds a set of <!-- and --> tags for entering comments that are only visible in a document's source code.

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    Adding text or comments

    New Generic Item button New Generic

    Creates a text field for choosing and entering code including SGML, PHP, and Lasso. Choose a code type from the pop-up menu and enter the code.

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    Adding a generic element or item

    Toggle Binary button Toggle Binary

    Hides or shows the end tag of a selected tag if the selected tag has an end tag.

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    Toggling the binary format

    New Folder button New Folder

    Creates a new folder in a selected directory of a site window. Enter a unique folder name.

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    Working with files and folders

    Open button Open

    Opens a selected file in either GoLive or a helper application.

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    Opening site pages in a particular view

    Delete Selected Item button Delete Item

    Removes a selected item and places it in either the Site Trash or the system Recycle Bin. Items selected in the Extras tab of the site window are placed in the system Recycle Bin.

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    Deleting files

    Show Information in Explorer (Windows) or Show Information in Finder (Mac OS) button Show in Explorer

    Opens the system Properties (Windows), or Info (Mac) dialog box for a file selected in a site window. Set Read-only (Windows), Hidden (Windows), application association (Windows), and Locked (Mac) properties.

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    Working with the site window

    Reveal in Explorer (Windows) or Reveal in Finder (Mac OS) button Reveal in Explorer

    Opens the directory of a selected item in the system Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window.

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    Working with files and folders

    Find Files in Site button Find Files

    Opens the Find dialog box for locating files or objects in a site window. Enter the filename or URL, and set filtering options.

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    Finding files

    Searching for text or HTML

    Finding elements

    Generating site reports

    Refresh View button Refresh View

    Searches for files that were added to, moved in, or removed from the current directory of a site window and all directories within the current directory. Updates the window and the site project file with any changes.

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    Refreshing the site window

    Open In & Out Links Palette button Open Links

    Displays a file that is selected in the site window in the In & Out Links palette. View file relationships, and drag from a Point and Shoot button to change links or references throughout a site.

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    Using the In & Out Links palette

    Editing links and URLs sitewide

    Change References button Change References

    Changes all references to a selected file to reference a different file. Drag the Point and Shoot button, browse, or enter a URL to select the new file.

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    Editing links and URLs sitewide

    FTP Server Connect/Disconnect button Server Connect/Disconnect

    Connects or disconnects from the server that is selected in the site settings. If no server is selected, the Site settings dialog box is opened. Use with a site window.

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    Connecting to an FTP server

    Introduction to transferring files and publishing a site

    Setting up Internet access

    Publishing workgroup sites

    Incremental Upload button Incremental Upload

    Uploads all new files and more recently modified files from the Files tab of the site window to the connected server (incremental upload), or uses other criteria. Choose to perform an incremental upload, upload only selected files, files that are new and recently modified in GoLive only, or all files in the site window. Confirm the files that will be uploaded.

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    About uploads and updates

    Uploads and modification times

    Uploading and updating a site

    Download from Server button Incremental Download

    Downloads all new server files and more recently modified server files (incremental download), or just a selection of files, to the Files tab of the site window. Choose to perform an incremental or selection download. Confirm the files that will be downloaded.

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    About uploads and updates

    Uploads and modification times

    Uploading and updating a site

    WebDAV Server button WebDAV Connect/Disconnect

    Connects or disconnects from the WebDAV server that is selected in the site settings. If no server is selected, the Site settings dialog box is opened. Use with a site window.

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    Connecting to a WebDAV server

    WebDAV Synchronize All button WebDAV Synchronize

    Uploads all new or more recently modified files from the Files tab of the site window to the WebDAV server. Also downloads all new or more recently modified files from the WebDAV server to the site window. Confirm the list of files that will be synchronized.

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    Synchronizing files on a WebDAV server

    Connecting to a WebDAV server

    Setting up WebDAV servers

    About WebDAV support

    WebDAV Upload button WebDAV Upload

    Uploads all new or more recently modified files from the Files tab of the site window to the WebDAV server. Confirm the files that will be synchronized.

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    Uploading and downloading files on a WebDAV server

    Connecting to a WebDAV server

    Setting up WebDAV servers

    About WebDAV support

    WebDAV Download button WebDAV Download

    Downloads all new or more recently modified files from the WebDAV server to the Files tab of the site window. Confirm the list of files that will be synchronized.

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    Uploading and downloading files on a WebDAV server

    Connecting to a WebDAV server

    Setting up WebDAV servers

    About WebDAV support

    Navigation View button Navigation View

    Displays the relationship between a selected file and other site files as a tree-like hierarchy in one or more panes of the Navigation View window. Show or hide panes.

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    About navigation view

    Expanding and collapsing views

    Changing the orientation of a view

    Showing and resizing peripheral panes

    Scrolling the view in the main pane

    Site Settings button Site Settings

    Opens the Site Settings dialog box. Select site-specific or application wide site settings including FTP Server, JavaScript Library, and URL Handling.

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    Specifying preferences and settings for Web sites

    Cleaning up a site

    Changing filename constraints

    Setting up absolute link paths

    Check Out button Check Out

    Locks a selected file on a Workgroup server to prevent others from editing it. Select one or more files to lock in a Workgroup site or open a file that is in read-only mode.

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    Checking files in and out

    Checking out files and folders

    Check In button Check In

    Unlocks a file that the user had previously checked out from a Workgroup server and allows others to edit it. Select one or more files to unlock in a Workgroup site.

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    Checking in files and folders

    Checking files in and out

    Using the Workgroup toolbar buttons

    Undo Check Out button Undo Check Out

    Discards any changes made to a file that is checked out from a Workgroup server, and unlocks the file without creating a new revision of the file. Select one or more files to discard changes and unlock in a Workgroup site.

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    Using the Workgroup toolbar buttons

    Compare to Server button Compare to Server

    Lists the changes made to a checked out file since the last time it was checked in to a Workgroup server. Select a file to track the most recent changes made to it.

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    Checking in files and folders

    Using the Workgroup toolbar buttons

    Revision List button Revision List

    Displays the revision history of a selected file on a Workgroup server and returns the file to any selected previous version. Select a revision to view the file in a previous state, and click Make Current to revert the file to the selected state.

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    Using the file version history

    Comparing different versions of a file

    Using the Workgroup toolbar buttons

    User Activity button User Activity

    Displays the users currently logged in to a Workgroup Server and the files checked out to the users.

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    Viewing user activity

    Using the Workgroup toolbar buttons

    Go Online/Offline buttons Go Online/Offline

    Connects or disconnects a dynamic page from its content sources.

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    Working online or off line

    Understanding the Dynamic Content interface

    Toggle Highlighting button Toggle Highlighting

    Highlights or turns off highlighting of page content that is dynamically bound to a database or contains invalid bindings. Set the Dynamic and Invalid Bindings highlight colors in the Colors tab of the Highlight palette.

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    Understanding the Dynamic Content interface

    Dynamic Settings button Dynamic Settings

    Opens the Dynamic panel of the Site Settings dialog box. Click the Dynamic Site Wizard button to create a new dynamic site or set dynamic site settings.

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    Changing site settings preferences

    Understanding the Dynamic Content interface

    Step 6: Make the site dynamic

    Making a Web site dynamic

    Check Staging button Check Staging

    Checks a site design for proper links and file names in the Staging panel of the diagram window. Review design, live, and anchor pages, and live and design objects. Fix errors or warnings before submitting a site design.

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    Checking the staging of design diagrams

    Submit All button Submit All

    Changes all design pages and objects in a site design to live files, and moves the files to the site root folder.

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    Submitting all design diagram items

    Recall All button Recall Design

    Reverts to design files, any pages and objects that were previously submitted and changed to live files.

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    Recalling and updating all design diagram items

    Select region tool Select Region

    Enables the selection of one or more hotspot map areas in a Clickable Image Map, or the entire image. Click or drag to select one or more existing hotspots in an image.

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    Creating image maps

    Create Regions buttons Create Regions

    Creates rectangular, circular, or polygonal-shaped hotspot map areas on an image. Drag with the Create Rectangle or Circle tools, and click to define points with the Create Polygon tool. Reference a page for each map area and enter alternative text.

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    Creating image maps

    Display URLs button Display URLs

    Displays or hides the link destination of a hotspot map area on top of the map area in the Layout Editor.

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    Creating image maps

    Frame Regions button Frame Regions

    Displays or hides borders around all hotspot map areas in the Layout Editor.

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    Creating image maps

    Color Regions button Color Regions

    Displays or hides a color fill within all hotspot map areas in the Layout Editor.

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    Creating image maps

    Color field Select Color

    Opens the Color palette and changes all hotspot map area colors to a selected color.

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    Creating image maps

    Region Order buttons Region Order

    Moves the stacking order of a selected hotspot map area forward or backward relative to other map areas.

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    Creating image maps

    Position Fields icon Position Fields

    Sets the position of a floating box or a selected object on a layout grid in pixels. The position is relative to the left edge of the document window or layout grid (Horizontal Position) and the top edge of the window or layout grid (Vertical Position). Enter values into the text boxes, or drag the object in the document window or on the layout grid.

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    Repositioning, aligning, or distributing objects

    Resizing and positioning floating boxes

    Dimension Fields icon Dimension Fields

    Sets the width and height of a floating box or an object selected on a layout grid. Enter values into the text boxes or drag the blue handles of a selected object.

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    Resizing and positioning floating boxes

    Group and Ungroup buttons Group Ungroup

    Enables a selection of objects on a layout grid to be moved as one object (group), or ungroups the objects in a selected group.

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    Grouping and ungrouping objects