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Editing code with the Quick Tag Editor

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To change the name of an attribute, select the attribute name and edit it.

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To add a new attribute not already listed, click in the empty space below the last listed 
attribute name and type a new attribute name.

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Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh), or click elsewhere in the Tag inspector, to 
update the tag in your document.

To edit or add an attribute value, do one of the following:

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Type a new value for the attribute in the attribute-value column, to the right of the 
attribute name.

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If the attribute takes pre-defined values, select a value from the pop-up menu (or the color 
picker) to the right of the attribute-value column.

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If the attribute takes a URL value, click the Browse button or use the Point-to-File icon to 
select a file, or type the URL in the text box.

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If the attribute takes a value from a source of dynamic content (such as a database), click 
the Dynamic Data button to the right of the attribute-value column. Then select a source. 

For information on defining sources of dynamic content, see 

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Editing code with the Quick Tag Editor

You can use the Quick Tag Editor to quickly inspect and edit HTML tags without leaving 
Design view. To open the Quick Tag Editor, press Control+T (Windows) or Command+T 
(Macintosh). For more information, see Using Dreamweaver. 

Inserting an HTML tag with the Quick Tag Editor

You can use the Quick Tag Editor to insert an HTML tag in your document. 

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If you change the name of a standard attribute and then add a value for that 
attribute, the attribute and its new value move to the appropriate category.