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Posted by Justin
Dreamweaver is a very powerful webpage creator. Using Dreamweaver can help you save time when designing a website. Built in FTP, website testing, link checking and validation are just a few of the program’s powerful time savers. Why not save even more time and take a look at these powerful keyboard shortcuts?
For those of us that like hard-coding our designs, these shortcuts will still save us plenty of time.
| Description of the Shortcut | The Shortcut |
|---|---|
| This shortcut allows you to create a line break (<br>). |  Shift+Enter |
| Insert a non-breaking space ( ). |  Control+Shift+Spacebar |
| Make sure you spelled everything correctly by checking your spelling! |  Shift+F7 |
| Don’t bold your text by typing “<strong>”, just highlight it and hit this shortcut. |  Control+B |
| Place emphasis on your text by highlighting it and hitting this. |  Control+I |
| Validate that markup! Make sure everything’s in its place. |  Shift+F6 |
| If you need to quickly jump to another line hit this to go to that line. |  Control+G |
| Create a new editable region or create a new template from your current page. |  Control+Alt+V |
| Check all the links on the current page to make sure none are dead. |  Shift+F8 |
| While your at it, why not check the links for the entire site? |  Control+F8 |
| Quickly undo any changes you’ve made. |  Control+Z |
| Quickly redo and put back any changes you’ve undone. |  Control+Y |
| Find and replace any text. If you already have text highlight it puts that in the “find” box. |  Control+F |
| Use this to switch between code and design views. Make sure that code is doing what you want! |  Control+` |
| Highlight your text and hit this to create a hyperlink. Over are the days of typing “a href=”! |  Control+L |
| Hyperlinked the wrong item? Remove hyperlinks in a hurry! |  Control+Shift+L |
| Check how your code looks by previewing in your primary browser. |  F12 |
| No site is safe from multiple browsers, so check your site in your secondary browser! |  Shift+F12 |
| Rename the selected file. No mouse clicks required. |  F2 |
| Get files from your server, don’t waste time by loading an external FTP program. |  Control+Shift+D |
| After you’ve made changed put files on your server and view them live. |  ontrol+Shift+U |
| No website is complete without them, so insert and image. |  Control+Alt+I |
| Insert Flash into your site. |  Control+Alt+F |
| Insert a named anchor. Those are always helpful when someone turns styles off on your site. |  Control+Alt+A |
| Wrap your text in a paragraph, the way it should be! |  Control+Shift+P |
| Indent your code to the right and clean up that formatting! |  Control+Shift+> |
| Indent your code to the left, not tabbing or deleting necessary! |  Control+Shift+< |
| Move around easier by going to the next word. |  Control+Right |
| Select another word by moving back a word. |  Control+Left |
| Can’t remember the syntax for a certain code? Use this for a code hint. |  Control+Spacebar |
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Thim - October 31st, 2007
This list is really clear and very handy for the real Dreamweaver users
Jay Striker - November 4th, 2007
Fine tip,
Use this to switch between code and design views. Make sure that code is doing what you want!
thanks
Phil From Loreauville - November 12th, 2007
Thanks.
Maybe it’s just me, but I find it so difficult to find good Dreamweaver resources on the web.
This is definitely one of them!