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Setting Your Preferences 4
Dreamweaver automatically includes spacers if a column is set to Autostretch and the Autoinsert Spacers
When Making Autostretch Tables option is selected, as it is by default (see Figure 4-10). If you decide not
to include spacers, select Never. Which should you choose? I find that spacers definitely help; and, unless
you have a compelling reason not to use them??”such as a corporate edict??”I advise you to go with the
default option. Because a spacer is an actual graphic image, albeit a small one, you must include such a file
in every site. Dreamweaver creates one for you if you like, or you can select an existing one. The option for
creating or locating a spacer is offered when an autostretch table is designated. However, if you prefer not to
worry about spacers each time you create an autostretch table, you can preselect an existing image to use
through the Layout Mode category of Preferences. This option is set on a sitewide basis.
FIGURE 4-10
Spacers are used to maintain a table??™s complex layout; you can set which spacer is used on a site-by-site basis
through the Layout Mode category of Preferences.
To set a spacer image for a site, follow these steps:
1. In the Layout Mode category of Preferences, choose the site to be affected from the Spacer Image
For Site drop-down list.
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