Insert a non-breaking space

Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar (win) or Cmd + Shift + Spacebar (mac).

HTML only recognizes 1 space between words - if you want more than one space you have to enter a special character called a non-breaking space.

Insert Table

Ctrl + Alt + T (win) or Cmd + Opt + T (mac)

Add Quicktime movies using ActiveX

This tutorial will walk you through adding quicktime movies using ActiveX. As newer browsers no longer support Netscape style plugins this is a better method for adding media content to your pages.

Vertical List-Based Navigation

Turn a simple list of links into a vertical navigation bar using Dreamweaver 8's CSS panel.

Links of Another Color

We often get asked how to set up CSS styles in Dreamweaver so that a page can have more than one color of links. This tutorial will show one common method using descendant selectors.

Adding Flash Video Movies with Dreamweaver 8

Flash Video is a new format for displaying multi-media on the web. It plays within existing flash players. Flash player is the most used multi-media plugin on the web today. Dreamweaver allows you to add and configure Flash Videos in just seconds.

CSS Pullquote Tutorial

Break up the monotony of text heavy areas on your web page by using a pullquote to add visual interest. Web viewers typically skim rather than read, using a pullquote can help get your viewer's attention.

CSS Link Roll-Over Effect Tutorial

Add visual interest and interactivity to your web page with CSS. L earn to make CSS based text roll-overs with Dreamweaver 8.  

Canadian Eh!

Tired of having your spell check tweak over colour, neighbour, centre etc. You can set Dreamweaver 8's spelling Dictionary to Canadian English.

Choose Edit > Preferences > General and select Canadian English from the Spelling Dictionary dropdown list.

Safe Previewing

By default Dreamweaver will ask you to save your file before previewing it in the browser. The downside of this is that once you have saved your file you can no longer use Edit > Undo or Ctrl (win) +Z or Cmd(mac) +Z to remove the last changes you made.

You can set Dreamweaver to preview a temporary file so that you don't have to save your file first. Choose Edit > Preferences > Preview in Browser and check the Preview using temporary file option.