Dreamweaver??™s Expanded mode takes the guesswork out of precise
selection by visually exploding the table at design time to make all the elements far more accessible, as
shown in Figure 2-11. You can switch between Standard and Expanded modes at the click of the mouse.
FIGURE 2-11
By temporarily displaying borders with increased cell padding and cell spacing, Expanded mode makes table editing
far easier.
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Laying the Groundwork in Dreamweaver CS3 Part I
Tables are flexible in Dreamweaver. Font changes can be applied to any number of selected cells, rows, or
columns. Tabular data, maintained in a spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel or output from a database like
Microsoft Access, is easily imported. A standard command enables you to automatically sort your table data
as well.
You can find all you need to know about tables in Chapter 13.
Easy form entry
Forms, the basic vehicle for Web page data exchange, are just as easy to implement as tables in
Dreamweaver. Switch to the Forms category of the Insert bar and insert any of the available elements: text
boxes, radio buttons, checkboxes, and even drop-down or scrolling lists. With the Spry form validation
widgets, you can easily specify any field as a required field and check to ensure that the requested type of
information has been entered??”and tell the user how to fix the problem??”all with a single object.
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