Links cannot be edited; they can
only be applied as shown in the preview area.
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Establishing Web Links 10
Pointing to a file
Dreamweaver provides an alternative method of identifying a link??”pointing to it. By using the Point to
File icon on the Property inspector, you can quickly fill in the Link text box by dragging your mouse to any
existing named anchor or file visible in the Dreamweaver environment. With the Point to File feature, you
can avoid browsing through folder after folder as you search for a file you can clearly see onscreen.
You can point to another open document, to a document in another frame in the same window, or to any
named anchor visible on the screen. If your desired link is a named anchor located farther down the page,
Dreamweaver automatically scrolls to find it. You can even point to a named anchor in another document, and
Dreamweaver will enter the full syntax correctly. Named anchors are covered in detail later in this chapter.
Perhaps one of the slickest ways to apply the Point to File feature is to use it in tandem with the Files panel.
The Files panel lists all the existing files in any given Web site, and when both it and the Document window
are onscreen, you can quickly point to any file.
Pointing to a file uses what could be called a drag-and-release mouse technique, as opposed to the more ordinary
point-and-click or drag-and-drop method.
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