item on a page, you can use any of Dreamweavers formatting features to position it on the page. Highlighting Library items Library items are highlighted
to distinguish them from other elements on a page. You can customize the highlight color for Library items and show or hide the highlight color in the Preferences dialog box. To change or hide Library highlighting, follow these steps: 1. Choose Edit?Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver?Preferences (Mac). The Preferences dialog box appears. 2. Select Highlighting from the Category section on the left. 3. Click the color box to select a color for Library items. Check the Show box to display the Library highlight color on your pages. Leave the box blank if you dont want to display the highlight color. 4. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box. Making global changes with Library items One of the biggest timesaving advantages of the Dreamweaver Library feature is that you can make changes to Library items and automatically apply those changes to any or all the pages where the Library item appears. To edit a Library item, follow these steps: 1. From the Files panel, choose the Assets tab and then select the Library icon. The Library opens in the Assets panel (refer to Figure 4-12). 2. Double-click any item listed in the Library to open it. Dreamweaver opens a new window where you can edit the Library item. Because the Library item is just a snippet of code, it wont have a <BODY> tag in which to specify background, link, or text colors. Dont worry over this - the Library item acquires the right settings from the tags on the page where you insert it. Chapter 4: Coordinating Your Design Work 107 3. Make any changes you want to the Library item as you would edit any element in Dreamweaver. For example, you can change a link, edit the wording of text, change the font or size, and even add images, text, or other elements. 4. Choose File?Save to save changes to the original item. The Update Library Items dialog box opens, displaying a list of all pages where the Library item appears. 5. Click the Update button to apply the changes you made to the Library item on all the listed pages. If you dont wish to apply the changes to the pages where the Library item appears, choose the Dont Update button. The Update Pages dialog box appears and shows the progress of the updating. You can stop the update from this dialog box, if necessary. If you want to create a new Library item based on an existing one without altering the original, follow Steps 1 through 3, and in place of Step 4, choose File?Save As and give the item a new name. Editing one instance of a Library item If you want to alter a Library item on a specific page where you have inserted it, or if you want to make changes to just a couple of pages, you can override the automated Library feature by detaching it, or breaking the link between the original in the Library and the item inserted into the page. After you break a connection, you can no longer update that pages Library item automatically. To make a Library item editable, follow these steps: 1. Open any file that contains a Library item and select the Library item. The Properties inspector displays the Library item options shown in Figure 4-13. 2. Click the Detach from Original button. A warning message appears, letting you know that if you proceed with
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- item on a page, you can use any of Dreamweavers formatting features to position it on the page. Highlighting Library items Library items are highlighted