Macromedia studio 8-exploring studio 8 User Manual

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Studio Basics

The Insert bar is organized in the following categories:

The Common category

 enables you to create and insert the most 

commonly used objects, such as images and tables.

The Layout category 

enables you to insert tables, 

div

 tags, layers, and 

frames. You can also you choose among three views of tables: Standard 
(default), Expanded Tables, and Layout. When Layout mode is selected, 
you can use the Dreamweaver layout tools: Draw Layout Cell and Draw 
Layout Table. 

The Forms category 

contains buttons for creating forms and inserting 

form elements. 

The Text category 

enables you to insert a variety of text- and list-

formatting tags, such as 

b

, 

em

, 

p

, 

h1

, and 

ul

. 

The HTML category 

enables you to insert HTML tags for horizontal 

rules, head content, tables, frames, and scripts. 

Server-code categories 

are available only for pages that use a particular 

server language, including ASP, ASP.NET, CFML Basic, CFML Flow, 
CFML Advanced, JSP, and PHP. Each of these categories provides server-
code objects that you can insert in Code view. 

The Application category 

enables you to insert dynamic elements such as 

recordsets, repeated regions, and record insertion and update forms.

The Flash elements category 

enables you to insert Macromedia 

Flash elements.

The Favorites category 

enables you to group and organize the Insert bar 

buttons you use the most in one common place.

For more information about using the Insert bar, see Chapter 1, “Exploring the Workspace,” in Using Dreamweaver.

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