Dreamweaver 1.2 for Windows and Macintosh VISUAL QUICKSTART...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 375 pages
• Published by: Peachpit Pr
• Edition: 1st Edition August 15, 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0201353393
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0201353396
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.3 pounds

Product Review
This approachable guide focuses on newcomers to both Windows and Macintosh versions of Macromedia Dreamweaver 1.2 and can help anyone learn how to create Web pages with this software in a relatively short amount of time. You first learn how to work in the Dreamweaver interface and create basic Web pages with text and images. Next you format text and paragraphs; add images and change image properties; add links, tables, frames, and forms; work with style sheets, libraries, custom objects, behaviors, and layers; and include Shockwave and Flash plug-ins and Java and ActiveX components. Finally, the author explains the problems of browser compatibility and helps you create a site that will work well with any browser. The author also shows you how to use Dreamweaver to upload and manage your site. Each chapter includes clear, short descriptions of each feature, large screen shots, instructions on accomplishing various tasks, and tips on shortcuts and other usability issues. There are also short sidebars on ancillary topics, such as learning URL-naming conventions, specifying hyperlink colors, and naming tables. Appendices include tips on Web-page design and typography as well as information on using image-map editors and other HTML editors with Dreamweaver. --Kathleen Caster

From Library Journal
Dreamweaver is a do-everything web design and management tool that runs on both Macs and Windows. The difficult part for some people to understand is that Dreamweaver does everything from simple HTML to style sheets, layers, and communicating with Java. Once users discover that Dreamweaver makes a lot of this confusing technology easier, they become converts. Both of these titles are good introductions to Dreamweaver, but the concise explanation and visual layout of Peachpit's is easier to understand. On the other hand, IDG's includes a 30-day free use copy of the program. If you can afford it, get both.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Reader Reviews
I read it cover to cover in less than 3 days. I went from knowing "0" about how to fully use DW to giving advice and tech support to co-workers. I even upgraded to DW 2.0 because I read a friend's QuickStart book for 2.0 and saw all the new features. Just about all of the VQS books are GOLD! The local university requires its Graphic Design students to buy them too :) Comment | | (Report this)