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Saving frame and frameset files

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Opening a document in a frame

You can specify the initial content of a frame by either inserting new content into an empty 
document in a frame, or opening an existing document in a frame.

To open an existing document in a frame:

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Place the insertion point in a frame.

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Select File > Open in Frame.

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Select a document to open in the frame, then click OK (Windows) or Choose (Macintosh).

The document appears in the frame.

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(Optional) To make this document the default document to display in the frame when the 
frameset is opened in a browser, save the frameset. 

Saving frame and frameset files

Before you can preview a frameset in a browser, you must save the frameset file and all of 
the documents that will display in the frames. You can save each frameset file and 
framed document individually, or you can save the frameset file and all documents appearing 
in frames at once.

To save a frameset file:

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Select the frameset in the Frames panel or the Document window (see 

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Do one of the following:

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To save the frameset file, select File > Save Frameset.

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To save the frameset file as a new file, select File > Save Frameset As.

If the frameset file has not previously been saved, these two commands are equivalent.

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When you use visual tools in Dreamweaver to create a set of frames, each new 
document that appears in a frame is given a default filename. For example, the first 
frameset file is named UntitledFrameset-1, while the first document in a frame is named 
UntitledFrame-1.