Quick Reference for Windows

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

PAGE VIEWS
To toggle the display of Standard view Layout view Live Data mode Live Data Shortcut Control+Shift+F6 Control+F6 Control+R Control+Shift+R

TEXT EDITING
Action Shortcut Create a new paragraph Enter Insert a line break <BR> Insert a nonbreaking space Shift+Enter Control+Shift+ Spacebar

Switch to next document Control+Tab Switch to previous document Control+Shift+Tab

Move text or object to Drag selected item another place in the page to new location Copy text or object to Control-drag selected another place in the page item to new location Select a word Add selected items to library Open and close the Property inspector Check spelling Double-click Control+Shift+B Control+Shift+J Shift+F7

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

Switch between Design Control+ and Code views Server debug Refresh Design view Control+Shift+G F5

VIEWING PAGE ELEMENTS

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

FORMATTING TEXT
Action Indent Outdent Format > None Paragraph Format Shortcut Control+Alt+] Control+Alt+[ Control+0 (zero) Control+Shift+P

Apply Headings 1 Control+1 through 6 through 6 to a paragraph Align > Left/Center/ Right/Justify Edit Style Sheet Control+Alt+Shift+L/C/ R/J Control+Shift+E

CODE EDITING
Action Switch to Design view Print Code Validate markup Open Quick Tag Editor Open Snippets panel Show Code Hints Indent Code Outdent Code Insert tag Shortcut Control+ Control+P Shift+F6 Control+T Shift+F9 Control+Spacebar Control+Shift+> Control+Shift+< Control+E

WORKING IN TABLES
Action Shortcut Select table (with cursor Control+A inside the table) 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 Insert a column Delete a column Merge selected table cells Split table cell Defer table update Increase column span Decrease column span Control+Shift+M Control+Shift+A Control+Shift+ - (hyphen) Control+Alt+M Control+Alt+S Control+Spacebar Control+Shift+] Control+Shift+[

Edit tag (in Design view) Control+F5 Select parent tag Select child Balance Braces Toggle breakpoint Go to line Move to top of code Move to end of code Select to top of code Select to end of code Control+[ Control+] Control+ Control+Alt+B Control+G Control+Home Control+End Control+Shift+Home Control+Shift+End

Paste HTML (in Design Control+Shift+V view) Preferences Control+U

WORKING WITH IMAGES

Action Change image source attribute Edit image in external editor Shortcut Double-click image Controldouble-click image

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

MANAGING HYPERLINKS
Action Check links sitewide Check selected links Shortcut Control+F8 Shift+F8

SITE MAP
Action View site files Refresh Local pane View as root Link to new file Link to existing file Change link Remove link Show/Hide link Show page titles Zoom in site map Zoom out site map Shortcut F8 Shift+F5 Control+Shift+R Control+Shift+N Control+Shift+K Control+L Control+Shift+L Control+Shift+Y Control+Shift+T Control+ + (plus) Control+ - (hyphen)

Create hyperlink (select Control+L text, image, or object) Remove hyperlink Control+Shift+L

Drag and drop to create Select the text, image, or a hyperlink from a object, then Shift-drag document the selection to a file in the Site panel Drag and drop to create Select the text, image, or a hyperlink using the object, then drag the Property inspector point-to-file icon in Property inspector to a file in the Site panel Open the linked-to document in Dreamweaver Controldouble-click link

WORKING WITH LAYERS

Action Select a layer Select and move layer Add or remove layer from selection Move selected layer by pixels Move selected layer by snapping increment Shortcut Control+Shift-click Shift+Control-drag Shift-click layer Arrow keys Shift+arrow keys

OPENING AND CLOSING PANELS

Action Shortcut Control+F2 Control+F3 Alt+F1 Shift+F11 Control+F11 Shift+F3 F9 Shift+F9 Shift+F1 Control+Shift+F10 Control+F10 Control+F9 Control+F7 F8 F11 Control+Shift+F Control+Shift+F7 Insert bar Properties Answers CSS Styles HTML Styles Shift+F12 Alt+F12 Control+Alt+F12 Behaviors Tag Inspector Snippets Reference Databases Bindings

PREVIEWING AND DEBUGGING IN BROWSERS

Action Preview in primary browser Preview in secondary browser Debug in primary browser Debug in secondary browser Shortcut F12

Resize selected layer by Control+Arrow keys pixels Resize selected layer by Control+Shift+arrow keys snapping increment Toggle the display of the Control+Alt+G grid Snap To grid Align layers left Align layers right Align layers top Align layers bottom Make same width Make same height Control+Shift+Alt+G Control+Shift+1 Control+Shift+3 Control+Shift+4 Control+Shift+6 Control+Shift+7 Control+Shift+9

SITE MANAGEMENT AND FTP

Action Connect/Disconnect Refresh Create new file Create new folder Open selection Delete file Shortcut Control+Alt+Shift +F5 F5 Control+Shift+N Control+Alt+Shift+N Control+Shift+Alt+O Control+X Control+C Control+V Control+D F2

Server Behaviors Components Site Assets Results > Search Results > Validation

Results > Target Browser Control+Shift+F8 Check Results > Link Checker Results > Site Reports Results > FTP Log Results > Server Debug Control+Shift+F9 Control+Shift+F11 Control+Shift+F12 Control+Shift+F5

GETTING HELP
Action Using Dreamweaver Help Topics Using ColdFusion Help Topics Reference Shortcut F1 Control+F1 Shift+F1

Copy file Paste file Duplicate file Rename file

Others > Code inspector F10 Others > Frames Others > History Others > Layers Others > Sitespring Others > Timelines Show/Hide panels Shift+F2 Shift+F10 F2 F7 Alt+F9 F4

Get selected files or Control+Shift+D folders from remote site Put selected files or folders to remote site Check out Control+Shift+U Control+Alt+Shift+D Control+Alt+Shift+U Alt+F8 Shift+F5 Alt+F5

INSERTING OBJECTS
Action Any object (image, Shockwave movie, and so on) Image Table Named anchor Shortcut Drag file from the Explorer or Site panel to the Document window Control+Alt+I Control+Alt+T Control+Alt+A

Check in View site map Refresh Local pane Refresh Remote pane