Organizing Your Workspace

In this lesson you will learn how to organize your workspace.

Note: In future lessons we will begin to use other panels. For now...

1. Launch Dreamweaver
   
   
2. If your Site Window isn't open, navigate to Window > Site Files
   
   
   
   See the shortcut?
   Think of it as your FATE (F8) to work from the Site Window
   
   And do you see the check marks next to Objects and Properties?
   These three windows are always open when you work in Dreamweaver
   
        Always
   
   You might as well get used to it
   I will harp on this relentlessly
   
   If your Objects Panel and/or Property Inspector isn't/aren't open, open it/them now
   
   Your work area should be arranged something very similar to this:
   
        Note: The files within your Site Window will be different from those shown
             (What matters is the position of the windows)
   
   
   
   The Objects Panel is always positioned at the upper left corner of the screen
   The Property Inspector is always positioned at the bottom of the screen
   
        (They're both grayed out because no document is open at present)
   
   The Site Window is always positioned at the top of the screen just to the right of the Objects Panel
   
       Always
   
   You should never manually close either the Objects Panel or the Property Inspector
   
        Never
   
   
3. When you launch a document, it should open in the exact same place each time
   
   Like the Site Window, it fits just to the right of of the Objects Panel and just above the Property Inspector
   
        It can (and should) be wider than shown below
   
   
   
   
   
4. Too much instructional time is wasted on students who fail to heed this simple request
   
   Please understand that it is very difficult to design Web pages if these windows aren't open
   
   Help both of us by playing along with this one and I'll respond when you ask for help
   
   If you choose to ignore this request...
   
   
   Any questions?

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