Adding Content to Your Site

Importing Text

If your web page will contain a lot of text, you can compose the text in Microsoft Word and then import the document into a new Dreamweaver HTML page:

1. Open the File menu and select Import, then Word Document.

2. In the Open dialog, browse to the location of the document and click Open.

3. Dreamweaver loads the contents of the document into the current page.

Tip:

If you save the Word document as an HTML file, you can simply open it in Dreamweaver by selecting Open from the File menu.

Cleaning Up Microsoft Word HTML

Microsoft Word documents can contain formatting that isn't necessary for use in Dreamweaver, and that can often clutter the HTML code, making it difficult to work with. You can have Dreamweaver automatically clean up this formatting using the Clean Up Word HTML command in the Command menu.

When you select this command, Dreamweaver opens the Clean Up Word HTML dialog, which allows you to select the types of formatting you want to remove.

If Show log on completion is checked, Dreamweaver displays a summary of the results when it's finished.

Adding Special Characters

Special characters like the copyright and trademark symbols are available from the Text category of the Insert bar.

Click the Characters button on the toolbar to choose from a menu of special characters.

Additional characters are available from the Insert menu:

1. Place the cursor where you want to insert the special character.

2. Open the Insert menu and select HTML, and then Special Characters.

3. From the Special Characters submenu, select Other.

In the Insert Other Character dialog, click the character you want to insert and then click OK.

Lesson 4: Practice Exercises

Use these practice exercises to become familiar with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004. If you do not yet have a copy of Dreamweaver, you can download a demo version from Macromedia.com.

1. Create a Microsoft Word document or import an existing one into Dreamweaver. If you do not have Microsoft Word, download this sample Word document to perform this exercise. (Right-click to save the Word document to your local computer.

2. Use the Clean Up Word HTML functionality.

4. Add a ™ symbol after a company product name, e.g. Macromedia Dreamweaver™.

Congratulations! You have learned how to add content to your webpage in Macromedia Dreamweaver. Continue on to Lesson 5 to learn about Formatting Text in Dreamweaver.