MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE 3 - USING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRIBUTE Using Manual
Summary of CONTRIBUTE 3 - USING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRIBUTE
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Contribute 3 using and administering contribute.
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3 contents part i: using contribute chapter 1: welcome to macromedia contribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 website development and maintenance overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 contribute resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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4 contents editing web page content in an external application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 adding google search functionality to your web page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 editing web page source in an external application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 canceling a draft or new page . . . ....
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Contents 5 chapter 8: working with tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 about conflicts in table formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 inserting a table on a page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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6 contents sending connection keys for websites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 sending connections for cps managed sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 adding users to websites managed by cps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 removing users from sites ...
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Contents 7 appendix b: macintosh keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 file menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241 edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Part i using contribute learn how to use contribute to update and publish web pages within your website. This part contains the following chapters: chapter 1: welcome to macromedia contribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 chapter 2: getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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11 chapter 1 welcome to macromedia contribute macromedia contribute enables users to easily create and edit web pages on existing websites. Whether you’re using contribute to update web pages or to manage the website, you’ll find contribute a very useful tool for browsing, editing, and publishing co...
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12 chapter 1: welcome to macromedia contribute contribute administrators set up contribute users and help them use contribute to maintain the website. The contribute administrator is also responsible for setting folder and user permissions, which determine who can edit website content and what conte...
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Contribute resources 13 a link to information on the tutorial appears on the start page when you first start contribute. The tutorial is available in the how do i panel in the sidebar. Click the contribute tutorial link to start the tutorial. When you install contribute, the sample website for the t...
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14 chapter 1: welcome to macromedia contribute typographical conventions in the contribute resources the following typographical conventions are used in this guide: • menu commands are shown in this format: menu name > menu command. Commands in submenus are shown in this format: menu name > submenu ...
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15 chapter 2 getting started if macromedia contribute is not already installed on your computer, you need to install it. Before you install it, be sure that your computer meets the minimum setup requirements. Before you can use macromedia contribute to edit and update your website content, you must ...
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16 chapter 2: getting started 2. Edit your content. After you browse to the page you want to edit, click the edit page button in the toolbar to open the page in the contribute editor. Contribute copies the file from your web server and locks it on the server so that no one else can edit the page whi...
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Connecting to a website 17 connecting to a website contribute lets you connect to your website quickly and easily. Your contribute administrator will do one of the following to help set up a connection for you: • send you an e-mail message with a website connection key file (see “using a website con...
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18 chapter 2: getting started entering a contribute startup password if the require contribute startup password option is selected in the security category of preferences, contribute prompts you for your startup password when you start the program. A startup password protects unauthorized users from...
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Starting contribute without a network connection 19 disabling your website at startup contribute alerts you if it detects a problem with any of your website connections when it starts. Contribute displays the alert after the first website connection problem it encounters. You can have contribute try...
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21 chapter 3 exploring the contribute workspace you can use macromedia contribute as a web browser and as a web page editor. You can easily switch between browsing web pages and editing web pages. The contribute workspace makes it easy for you to access pages, whether you’re browsing or editing. You...
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22 chapter 3: exploring the contribute workspace the contribute workspace the contribute workspace has three main areas: the contribute browser/editor, the toolbar, and the sidebar. The contribute browser/editor the main window in contribute is used for browsing and editing. If you are not sure whet...
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The contribute workspace 23 depending on the role the contribute administrator assigned you, some buttons in the toolbars might not be enabled for you. The browser toolbar contains buttons for navigating your website or creating a new page. The editor toolbar contains buttons for common operations f...
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24 chapter 3: exploring the contribute workspace the contribute sidebar the contribute sidebar makes it easy to switch between editing and browsing, and gives you quick access to your drafts. You can also use the sidebar to get quick instructions for performing tasks in contribute. The sidebar has t...
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Switching between browsing and editing 25 to resize the sidebar: • drag the splitter bar between the sidebar and the contribute browser/editor. To expand or collapse a panel in the sidebar: • double-click the panel title bar. To resize panels vertically in the sidebar: • drag the title bar in the ho...
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26 chapter 3: exploring the contribute workspace browsing to web pages the easiest way to find a web page you want to edit is to browse to the page in contribute, just as you would browse to a page in any web browser. Tip: see “opening pages without browsing” on page 26 to learn other ways to find y...
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Opening pages without browsing 27 • bookmarks for frequently accessed pages viewing drafts and new pages the pages panel displays the names of drafts you are currently editing. You can also access drafts from the file menu. To view a draft, do one of the following: • click the title of the draft in ...
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28 chapter 3: exploring the contribute workspace viewing pages and files that you can’t browse to contribute gives you access to pages and files that are associated with your website but that you can’t browse to. Use the choose button in the toolbar to view pages and files that are saved in a websit...
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Setting up access to commonly used pages 29 adding a page to your bookmarks you can add any web page—not just pages in websites you’re connected to—to your bookmarks list. You can have up to 1000 bookmarks. To add a page to your list of bookmarks: 1. Browse to the page you want to add to your bookma...
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30 chapter 3: exploring the contribute workspace setting contribute preferences you use the preferences dialog box to set your user preferences for contribute. You can set preferences for general editing, file editors, firewall settings, invisible elements, and password security. To edit user prefer...
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Setting browser encoding 31 changing or disabling the contribute startup password you can change your contribute startup password as often as you like. Before you can change the startup password, you must first successfully enter the current contribute startup password and start contribute. If the r...
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32 chapter 3: exploring the contribute workspace using contribute accessibility features accessibility refers to making websites and web products usable by people with visual, auditory, motor, and other disabilities. Contribute provides features that make it accessible to users with disabilities. Us...
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Using contribute accessibility features 33 • “using operating system accessibility features” on page 32 • “authoring for accessibility” on page 34 navigating the workspace you can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate the contribute workspace—that is, to select commands from the menus and to switch bet...
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34 chapter 3: exploring the contribute workspace • (windows only) to shift to the options for a category in a category list, press control+tab. Related topics • “navigating the workspace” on page 33 navigating tables after you select a table, you can use the keyboard to navigate through it. To navig...
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35 chapter 4 working with pages macromedia contribute enables you to edit existing pages and content on your website. You can cancel your edits or cancel a new page if you need to. If you have permission, you can delete pages and other files on your website. You can also export a page to an html fil...
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36 chapter 4: working with pages about working with pages contribute enables you to edit existing pages on your website, including pages based on templates. You can use the draft review process or the e-mail review process to have your edits reviewed by another user before you publish. Editing pages...
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About working with pages 37 understanding the draft review process the contribute draft review process enables you to send a draft to other contribute users to get feedback or to collaborate before you publish the draft. Or, if your role doesn’t allow you to publish directly to the website, you migh...
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38 chapter 4: working with pages understanding the e-mail review process the contribute e-mail review process uses your default e-mail application to create a message containing a web address where reviewers can see a temporary copy of your draft. Contribute automatically creates the temporary copy ...
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Editing existing web pages 39 in a template, the designer creates regions to control which elements of a template-based page you can edit. There are editable regions in a template, which you can edit, and locked regions, which you can’t edit. In the employee template example, the company logo and ad...
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40 chapter 4: working with pages opening a page on your website for editing after you’ve connected to a website, you can easily open and edit pages on that website. To open a page for editing, you simply browse to the page. To edit a page on your website: 1. Browse to the page you want to edit (see ...
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Saving drafts 41 related topics • “editing pages” on page 36 • “opening a page on your website for editing” on page 40 • “undoing mistakes” on page 41 • “saving drafts” on page 41 undoing mistakes in contribute, as in most applications, you can undo individual mistakes as you make them. You can also...
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42 chapter 4: working with pages to save a draft that is on your computer and continue working, do one of the following: • click save in the toolbar. Note: this option is only available for drafts saved on your computer, not drafts that are associated with a website. • select file > save. Saving a d...
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Getting drafts and files reviewed by others 43 this review process enables you to get feedback and collaborate with others on a draft or file. Reviewers can see your draft, then edit it, publish it, and send it to another reviewer, or delete it. For more information, see “understanding the draft rev...
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44 chapter 4: working with pages 4. If the send new page dialog box appears, you can change the draft’s filename or click choose folder to save this draft in another location. Then click send or next. Note: the current folder location appears in the web address under the filename. 5. If the send lin...
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Getting drafts and files reviewed by others 45 4. Select the name of the person you want to review the file you are sending from your computer, enter comments for the reviewer, and then click send. The send new page dialog box appears. 5. Change the filename if you want, or click the choose folder b...
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46 chapter 4: working with pages reviewing a draft when someone sends you a draft to review, the draft appears in your pages panel in contribute. You can manually refresh the pages panel to check for drafts to review. When you review a draft, depending on your user role, you can edit the draft, publ...
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Getting drafts and files reviewed by others 47 to view comments for a draft you are reviewing: 1. While you are reviewing a draft, click the expander arrow at the bottom right of the contribute window to display the draft status pane, if it is not already showing. 2. Do one of the following: ■ click...
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48 chapter 4: working with pages 3. If the send new page dialog box appears, you can change the draft’s filename or click choose folder to save this draft in another location. Then click send or next. Note: the current folder location appears in the web address (url) under the filename. 4. If the se...
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Working with pages based on dreamweaver templates 49 when you view a template-based page, you see outlines around the editable regions. The editable regions each have a tab at the upper left giving the name of that content area. The tabs show you where you can add or update content on the page. For ...
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50 chapter 4: working with pages 3. In the name list, select a property. Contribute updates the bottom of the dialog box to show the label of the selected property and its assigned value. 4. In the field to the right of the property label, edit the value to modify the property. 5. Click apply to app...
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Using contribute to work offline 51 to switch from working offline to working online: 1. Restore your network connection, if necessary. 2. Do one of the following: ■ select file > work offline (windows) or contribute > work offline (macintosh). The check mark next to this menu option disappears. ■ c...
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52 chapter 4: working with pages editing web page content in an external application if you want to edit images, microsoft word documents, macromedia fireworks content, or files of other types on your website, you need to edit that content in the application in which it was created. You can open the...
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Editing web page source in an external application 53 adding google search functionality to your web page you can add a google™ search field to your web page, so that your website visitors can search the entire web or just your website. To insert a google search field: 1. In your draft, place the in...
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54 chapter 4: working with pages 3. In the external application, make changes as necessary, and then save your changes and close the file or application. Warning: be careful when you edit web page source—you can easily alter style and formatting and get unexpected results. If you are unsure about ed...
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Exporting a page (windows only) 55 deleting a web page depending on your role, you might be able to delete pages from your website. If you can delete pages, you can delete files of any type on your website, including image files. Note: if you do not have permission to delete a page that you need to ...
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56 chapter 4: working with pages printing a page you can browse to a page and print it, or you can print a page you are editing to check your changes. To preview a page before you print: 1. Do one of the following: ■ select file > print preview (windows). ■ select file > print, and then click the pr...
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57 chapter 5 adding pages and documents with macromedia contribute you can add pages to your website. You can create a copy of a page, create a blank page, create a copy of a sample page, or create a page based on a template. In addition to creating web pages, you can add existing content, such as m...
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58 chapter 5: adding pages and documents because you can embed a flash document in a web page, you can publish file types that most people can’t easily view on the web today, such as microsoft project, microsoft visio, and even quarkxpress and autocad. When a user opens your web page, the flash docu...
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Creating or copying a page on your website 59 copying a page on your website you can create a copy of the page you are currently viewing on your website. You must be viewing the page in the contribute browser. You cannot create a copy of a page that is a draft in the contribute editor. Also, you can...
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60 chapter 5: adding pages and documents 3. In the create new page for section, select blank web page. Note: if you don’t see this option, then your contribute administrator has restricted the types of new pages that you can create. For more information, talk to your contribute administrator or see ...
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Creating or copying a page on your website 61 4. Enter a page title in the page title text box. This title appears in the browser title bar when a website visitor views the page; it does not appear on the page itself. 5. Click ok. The new page opens as a draft in contribute. For information about ed...
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62 chapter 5: adding pages and documents note: if you see a yellow shield icon, it’s probably a placeholder for the current date. When you publish the page, it displays the current date. For other ways to insert images and more information about working with images, see chapter 7, “working with imag...
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Creating a stand-alone web page 63 to create a new page based on a template: 1. In the contribute browser, click the new page button in the toolbar, or in the browser or editor, select file > new page. The new page dialog box opens. 2. In the create new page for section, expand the website in which ...
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64 chapter 5: adding pages and documents 3. Enter a title for the new page. 4. Click ok, and then click ok again at the prompt. The save as dialog box appears. 5. Browse to the location where you want to save the file, and then click ok. The new page opens as a draft in the contribute editor. Relate...
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Adding keywords and a description for a page 65 2. Select categories from the list on the left and make changes as necessary. By default, contribute uses css to assign page properties. If your contribute administrator has set the preference to use html tags instead of css, you will see only the titl...
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66 chapter 5: adding pages and documents related topics • “setting page properties” on page 64 converting documents with flashpaper by using the flashpaper printer utility that is automatically installed with contribute, you can easily convert your documents (such as microsoft powerpoint, word, or e...
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Converting documents with flashpaper 67 3. Navigate to the file you want to convert to a flash document, and then click open. The flashpaper options dialog box appears. 4. Select the options you want to apply to the document you are inserting. For information about options in the dialog box, click t...
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68 chapter 5: adding pages and documents using the flashpaper toolbar the flashpaper toolbar contains options that enable you to resize a document for viewing, navigate through the document pages, select text, search the document, and print the document. The flashpaper controls are active whether yo...
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Converting documents with flashpaper 69 to navigate or page through the document, do one of the following: • enter a number in the page navigation text box to view a specific page. • click the previous arrow or the next arrow to page backward or forward through a document. • drag the page scroll box...
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70 chapter 5: adding pages and documents related topics • “about converting documents with flashpaper” on page 57 • “creating and inserting flash documents within contribute (windows only)” on page 66 • “using the flashpaper toolbar” on page 68 selecting a microsoft excel print area to convert to a ...
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Adding microsoft word and excel documents to a website 71 • “creating and inserting flash documents within contribute (windows only)” on page 66 • “using the flashpaper toolbar” on page 68 • “creating a flash document in another application” on page 69 adding microsoft word and excel documents to a ...
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72 chapter 5: adding pages and documents related topics • “creating and inserting flash documents within contribute (windows only)” on page 66 inserting a link to a word or excel document you can insert a link to a microsoft word or excel document in an existing page. When you publish the page with ...
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73 chapter 6 working with text you can use macromedia contribute to add and format text, much as you do with a basic word processor. You’ll find a few differences in working with text in contribute and a word-processing program, such as microsoft word, because contribute formats your text using html...
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74 chapter 6: working with text you cannot attach a cascading style sheet to a page in contribute to add more styles; use macromedia dreamweaver to attach a style sheet. Related topics • “applying styles to text” on page 78 • “creating and managing styles” on page 79 adding text to a web page you ca...
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Adding text to a web page 75 to add the date to a draft: 1. Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the date to appear. 2. Select insert > date. The insert date dialog box appears. 3. Select the format for the day, date, and time. For information about options in the dialog box, click...
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76 chapter 6: working with text to add a special character to a draft: 1. Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the character to appear. 2. Do one of the following: ■ select insert > special characters, and then select a character from the pop-up menu. ■ select insert > special char...
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Changing text appearance on the page 77 to change text size: 1. In your draft, select the text you want to change. 2. Do one of the following: ■ select a size from the font size pop-up menu in the text formatting toolbar. ■ right-click (windows) or control-click (macintosh), select size, and then se...
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78 chapter 6: working with text to edit the font list: 1. In your draft, select format > font > edit font list. The edit font list dialog box appears. 2. Select a font combination in the font list section. The fonts in the selected combination appear in the chosen fonts section. The available fonts ...
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Changing text appearance on the page 79 to apply a style to text: 1. In your draft, select the text you want to change or place the insertion point in the paragraph you want to change. 2. Do one of the following: ■ select a style from the style pop-up menu in the text formatting toolbar. ■ select fo...
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80 chapter 6: working with text to create a new text style: 1. In your draft, place the insertion point in the paragraph, or select some of the text in the paragraph. 2. Apply the font, size, or color as desired. Contribute keeps track of the formatting properties you assign and assigns a label to t...
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Changing text appearance on the page 81 to make text bold, italic, or underlined: 1. In your draft, select the text you want to change. 2. Do one of the following: ■ click the bold or italic button in the text formatting toolbar. ■ right-click (windows) or control-click (macintosh), then select bold...
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82 chapter 6: working with text to highlight text: 1. In your draft, select the text you want to highlight. 2. Click the highlight color button in the text formatting toolbar, or select format > highlight color. The color selector appears. 3. Select a color from the color selector. The color selecto...
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Creating lists 83 aligning text you can select one of four text alignment options: left, center, right, and justify. To change text alignment: 1. In your draft, select text, or place the insertion point within the text. Note: contribute applies alignment to the entire paragraph, even if you select s...
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84 chapter 6: working with text to create a numbered list: 1. Place the insertion point in your draft where you want to add the list. 2. Do one of the following: ■ click the numbered list button in the text formatting toolbar. ■ select format > list > numbered list. 3. Type the first list item. 4. P...
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Creating lists 85 to create a bulleted list from existing text: 1. In your draft, select multiple lines of existing text. 2. Do one of the following: ■ click the bulleted list button in the text formatting toolbar. ■ select format > list > bulleted list. Contribute adds bullets to your list. Related...
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86 chapter 6: working with text the nested list does not have to be of the same type as the parent list. For instance, you can nest a bulleted list in a numbered list. You can have multiple nested lists within your list. To create a sublist: 1. In your draft, place the insertion point at the end of ...
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Creating lists 87 6. When you finish typing the list, do one of the following to leave the sublist: ■ press enter or return twice. ■ press enter or return, then click the outdent button in the text formatting toolbar. Note: if you changed the sublist to be a different type than the parent list, clic...
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88 chapter 6: working with text to set list properties for a list item: 1. In your draft, place the insertion point in the bulleted or numbered list item you want to change. Note: if you select multiple items, list properties will be applied to the entire list. 2. Do one of the following: ■ select f...
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Finding and replacing text 89 finding and replacing text you can search the draft you’re editing for specific text. You can also search for and replace text in drafts. To search for text: 1. In your draft, select edit > find. The find and replace dialog box appears. 2. Type the text you want to find...
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91 chapter 7 working with images and graphical elements macromedia contribute makes it easy for you to edit, add, or delete images on your web pages. You can also add macromedia flash movies (swf files) as easily as you add an image to a page. You can use contribute to add paypal buttons for complet...
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92 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements about inserting images and buttons there are special considerations when you insert images and paypal buttons on a web page. About inserting images you can add images from several sources, including your computer, local network, website, e-mai...
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Adding an image to a page 93 all payment button wizards let you price items in multiple currencies, such as canadian dollars, british pounds sterling, euros, or japanese yen. They also provide options that let you display your business name and logo on the checkout page. Finally, you can specify a w...
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94 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements using the insert menu or image button to add images to a page you can use the insert menu or image button in the toolbar to add an image from your computer or website to a page. You can add images from other sources by dragging them to the pag...
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Adding an image to a page 95 dragging images to a page you can drag an image from another source to your contribute page. Note: if your contribute administrator has restricted the types of images your user role can insert, you might be able to insert images only from shared assets. You can also add ...
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96 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements to add an image by copying and pasting: 1. In the application that contains the image you want to copy, select the image. 2. Select edit > copy. 3. Place the insertion point in your contribute draft where you want the image to appear. 4. Selec...
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Changing image properties 97 the insert shared asset dialog box appears. 3. Select a shared asset in the left pane. A preview appears in the right pane. 4. Click ok. 5. If the image description dialog box appears, enter text to describe the image for users with disabilities or for users whose browse...
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98 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements to change image properties: 1. In your draft, do one of the following: ■ double-click the image. ■ select the image, and then click the image properties button in the image editing toolbar. ■ select the image, and then select format > image pr...
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Changing an image’s position or orientation 99 related topics • “changing image properties” on page 97 • “editing an image in contribute” on page 100 • “rotating an image” on page 103 aligning an image you can change image alignment two ways: you can change the alignment of an image on the page (for...
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100 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements editing an image in contribute within contribute, you can edit an image’s brightness and contrast, sharpening, cropping, and dimensions. To make more advanced edits, you can edit images in an external image-editing application. For more infor...
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Editing an image in contribute 101 sharpening an image sharpening increases the contrast around the edges of objects to increase the image’s definition. Note: changing an image this way affects only this instance of the image; it does not affect the original image source file. To sharpen an image: 1...
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102 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements to crop an image: 1. In your draft, select the image you want to crop. 2. Do one of the following: ■ click the crop tool icon in the image editing toolbar. ■ select format > edit image > crop. ■ right-click (windows) or control-click (macinto...
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Editing an image in contribute 103 3. Drag one of the selection handles to the desired image size. Contribute changes the height and width of the image by the same percentage so that the image is not distorted. Tip: hold the shift key as you drag if you do not want to change the height and width of ...
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104 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements related topics • “editing an image in contribute” on page 100 • “changing an image’s position or orientation” on page 98 editing an image in an external application you can use contribute to start an external image-editing application. You ca...
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Inserting flash content into your web page 105 related topics • “adding an image to a page” on page 93 • “changing image properties” on page 97 • “editing an image in contribute” on page 100 inserting flash content into your web page many websites contain flash assets such as navigation buttons or a...
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106 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements 3. Make changes as necessary. For information about options in the dialog box, click the help button. 4. Click ok. Related topics • “inserting flash content into your web page” on page 105 inserting a movie into your web page you can embed mo...
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Adding and deleting a horizontal rule 107 to set movie properties: 1. In your draft, select the movie placeholder. 2. Double-click the movie placeholder, or select format > movie properties. The movie properties dialog box appears. 3. Make changes as necessary. For information about options in the d...
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108 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements to insert a horizontal rule: 1. Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the horizontal rule to appear. 2. Select insert > horizontal rule. Contribute inserts the horizontal rule. Content before the insertion point appears above...
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Inserting paypal e-commerce buttons 109 inserting paypal e-commerce buttons paypal is a payment processing service that enables you to sell your products and services online and accept credit card payments from your customers. You can add instant e-commerce functionality by creating payment buttons ...
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110 chapter 7: working with images and graphical elements inserting multiple paypal buttons you can insert multiple paypal buttons in the same page. For example, you might insert an add to cart button and a view cart button in the same page. However, you cannot insert more than one paypal button in ...
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111 chapter 8 working with tables a table is a powerful tool for presenting tabular data. For example, you might add a table to a web page that lists all your sales reps in one column, with their contact information in another column. In macromedia contribute, you can add text and images to table ce...
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112 chapter 8: working with tables for example, if you set the background color for a single cell to blue, and then set the background color of the entire table to yellow, the blue cell does not change to yellow because cell formatting takes precedence over table formatting. Note: when you set prope...
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Selecting table elements 113 3. Complete the dialog box. For information about options in the dialog box, click the help button. 4. Click ok. The table appears in your draft. Tip: after you insert the table, select it, and then click the table button again to change table properties. For information...
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114 chapter 8: working with tables to select an entire table, do one of the following: • click the upper left corner of the table or click anywhere on the right or bottom edge. • click in a table cell, and then select table > select table. Selection handles appear on the selected table’s lower and r...
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Resizing tables, rows, and columns 115 to select nonadjacent cells: • control-click (windows) or command-click (macintosh) the cells, rows, or columns you want to select. Note: if a cell, row, or column you control-click or command-click isn’t already selected, it’s added to the selection. If it is ...
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116 chapter 8: working with tables aligning tables you can indicate how a table aligns on the web page in relation to elements, such as text or images, around it on the page. You cannot select an alignment option when you create a table. You must insert the table (see “inserting a table on a page” o...
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Cutting, copying, and pasting cells 117 cutting, copying, and pasting cells you can cut, copy, or paste a single table cell or multiple cells at once, preserving the cell formatting. You can paste cells at the insertion point or paste over a selection in an existing table. The selected cells must be...
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118 chapter 8: working with tables to remove cell content but leave the cells intact: 1. In your draft, select one or more cells. Note: do not select an entire row or column. If you do, then when you select edit > clear or press delete, contribute removes the entire row or column—not just its conten...
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Adding, deleting, and merging table rows and columns 119 adding, deleting, and merging table rows and columns you can modify an existing table by adding or deleting rows or columns. You can also merge cells to accommodate data. Adding rows and columns you can add a single row or column, or you can a...
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120 chapter 8: working with tables 3. Complete the dialog box. For information about options in the dialog box, click the help button. 4. Click ok. Contribute adds the rows or columns to your table. Related topics • “merging and splitting cells” on page 120 deleting rows and columns you can delete a...
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Modifying table appearance 121 to split table cells: 1. In your draft, place the insertion point in the cell you want to split. Note: contribute only splits one cell at a time, even if you select multiple cells. 2. Do one of the following: ■ select table > split cell. ■ right-click (windows) or cont...
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122 chapter 8: working with tables modifying table properties you can modify the alignment, width, border width and color, and background color of a selected table. To modify table properties: 1. In your draft, select the table you want to modify (see “selecting table elements” on page 113 ). 2. Do ...
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Modifying table appearance 123 modifying row or column properties you can modify horizontal and vertical alignment, background color, height or width, and text wrap for a selected row or column. Note: to understand how contribute resolves formatting conflicts for cells, rows, and tables, see “about ...
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124 chapter 8: working with tables modifying cell properties you can modify horizontal and vertical alignment, background color, and text wrap for a selected cell. Note: to understand how contribute resolves formatting conflicts for cells, rows, and tables, see “about conflicts in table formatting” ...
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Modifying table appearance 125 using a preset table format you can apply a preset design to a table and select options to further customize the design. Note: you can apply preset table designs to a simple rectangular grid of cells only. You can’t use these designs to format tables that contain merge...
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126 chapter 8: working with tables sorting tabular data you can sort the rows of a table based on the contents of a single column. For example, if you have a names column in a table, you can sort items in that column alphabetically. You can also perform a more complicated table sort based on the con...
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127 chapter 9 working with links a hypertext link, often called a link, creates a connection from one page to another page. In a web page, links are typically underlined and differentiated by color from the surrounding text. When a visitor to your website clicks a link in one page, another page open...
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128 chapter 9: working with links related topics • “setting the advanced linking options” on page 137 • “editing links” on page 142 • “testing links” on page 144 linking to a draft or a recently published page on your website you can create a link on your page to a draft that you are currently editi...
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Creating text and image links 129 3. Click drafts and recent pages (windows) or drafts (macintosh) at the top of the dialog box, if it’s not already selected. 4. Complete the dialog box. For information about options in the dialog box, click the help button. 5. Click ok. The link appears in your dra...
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130 chapter 9: working with links the insert link dialog box appears. 3. Click the create new page button (windows) or new page button (macintosh) at the top of the dialog box, if it is not already selected. The bottom half of the dialog box changes. 4. Complete the dialog box. For information about...
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Creating text and image links 131 linking to a page on your website or on another website you can create a link to another page on your website or on another website. If the page you’re linking to is not linked to any other pages—so you can’t browse to it—contribute enables you to use the file syste...
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132 chapter 9: working with links 4. Complete the dialog box. For information about options in the dialog box, click the help button. 5. Click ok. Contribute adds the link to your draft. Related topics • “linking to a draft or a recently published page on your website” on page 128 • “linking to a ne...
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Creating text and image links 133 the insert link dialog box appears. 3. Click the e-mail address button (windows) or e-mail button (macintosh) at the top of the dialog box, if it is not already selected. 4. Complete the dialog box. For information about options in the dialog box, click the help but...
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134 chapter 9: working with links tip: if you want to replace an existing page on your website, with the contents of a file saved on you computer, see “replacing a file on your website” on page 158 . You can use the insert link dialog box to insert a link to a file on your computer, or you can drag ...
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Creating text and image links 135 5. Click ok. Contribute copies the file to create a new page on your website. A link to the new page appears in your draft. Note: to edit content in the linked page after you publish, see “editing web page content in an external application” on page 52 . Changes you...
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136 chapter 9: working with links 2. Select insert > breeze link. The breeze log in dialog box appears if this is the first time you’re inserting a breeze link since you started contribute. 3. If the breeze log in dialog box appears, enter your breeze server url and user information, and then click ...
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Setting the advanced linking options 137 5. (optional) if you want to access another breeze account, click the settings button; enter information in the macromedia breeze log in dialog box, and then click ok. 6. Find and select the item you want to link to, and then click ok. Contribute inserts a li...
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138 chapter 9: working with links setting a target for your page you can specify where a linked page opens by creating a target for the link. For example, you can have your linked document open in a new window instead of the current window. If you create a link in a document with frames, you can ind...
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Setting the advanced linking options 139 setting a target for an existing link you can edit an existing link to change or add the target. To specify a target for an existing link: 1. In your draft, select an existing link. 2. Do one of the following to open the insert link dialog box: ■ select forma...
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140 chapter 9: working with links to add an anchor to a page: 1. In your draft, place the insertion point at the beginning of the section where you want the page to open when a website visitor clicks the link. 2. Select insert > section anchor. The section anchor dialog box appears. 3. Enter a name ...
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Setting the advanced linking options 141 to indicate an anchor for an existing link: 1. In your draft, select an existing link. 2. Do one of the following to open the insert link dialog box: ■ select format > link properties. ■ right-click (windows) or control-click (macintosh), and then select link...
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142 chapter 9: working with links editing section anchors after you create a section anchor, you can change its name or delete it. Note: if you edit a section anchor, links to that anchor will be broken until you fix the link on the page that links to the section anchor. To edit a section anchor nam...
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Editing links 143 to change link destination: 1. In your draft, select an existing link. 2. Do one of the following to open the insert link dialog box: ■ select format > link properties. ■ right-click (windows) or control-click (macintosh), and then select link properties. The insert link dialog box...
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144 chapter 9: working with links 3. Change any of the following link properties: ■ link text tip: you can also change link text by selecting the text in your draft and typing over it. ■ linked file, web page, or e-mail ■ web address for more information about the web address, see “editing the url f...
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145 chapter 10 working with pages with frames framesets divide a browser window into multiple frames or regions, each of which can display different content. You design pages with frames in an html design application, such as macromedia dreamweaver. You can edit pages with frames in macromedia contr...
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146 chapter 10: working with pages with frames for example, a web page might have one narrow frame on the left side that contains navigation links, one frame along the top that contains the logo and title of the website, and one large frame that takes up the rest of the page and displays the main co...
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Editing frame content 147 about targeting a frame to use a link in one frame to open a new page in another frame, you must set a target for the link. Selecting a frame in which to open a page is called targeting a frame. Each link in a frameset should have a target—a frame in which to open the page ...
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148 chapter 10: working with pages with frames when you select a frame, a border appears around that frame in the contribute editor. Note: a lock icon appears beside the page name if you can’t edit it. The lock means that you do not have permission to edit that frame’s content or that another user i...
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Targeting frame content 149 to publish a page that appears in a frame: • in your draft, click publish (see “publishing a page to your website” on page 152 ). Note: depending on the role the contribute administrator assigned you, you might not be able to publish. Contribute displays the frameset with...
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150 chapter 10: working with pages with frames 8. Click ok. The link appears in your draft. Note: if you created a link to a new page, the new page draft appears and you need to return to the draft where you added the link. 9. Click publish. The frame page appears, with updated content in the frame ...
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151 chapter 11 publishing your page publishing a draft makes it live on your website, so your website visitors can view the page. Before you publish your draft, you can preview it in your browser. You can also make the draft available to others for review, to get approval or feedback, before you pub...
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152 chapter 11: publishing your page about the rollback feature you can use the rollback feature to revert to a previous version of any published page. You do not have to roll back to the last published version; you can select any version that contribute has saved as a rollback file. When you roll b...
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Publishing a page to your website 153 you can publish any of the following types of pages to your website: • updates to an existing page • new page, not previously published • existing page as a new page publishing updates to an existing page when you publish updates to an existing page, contribute ...
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154 chapter 11: publishing your page publishing a new page when you publish a new page to your website, contribute asks you to name the file for the page and any other new pages the page links to. Then contribute publishes the new page, and any pages that the new page links to, on your website. Publ...
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Publishing a page to your website 155 if your new page draft links to any other new pages, the publish new linked pages dialog box appears. 4. If the publish new linked pages dialog box appears, for each unpublished linked page click the page name to select it, change the filename and folder locatio...
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156 chapter 11: publishing your page contribute warns you if have not linked the new page from an existing page. After you publish the new page, be sure to create a link to it (see “linking to a draft or a recently published page on your website” on page 128 ). The publish as new page dialog box app...
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Publishing a file from your computer to your website 157 publishing a file from your computer to your website you can add a document or file (except html pages) directly to your website from your computer. You can also add documents or files, including html pages, to your website by linking to the t...
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158 chapter 11: publishing your page 5. Click publish. If the draft has the same name as an existing file on your website, the replace file dialog box appears. 6. If the replace file dialog box appears, select to either replace the existing file with the one you are trying to publish or leave the ex...
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Replacing a file on your website 159 3. If the select website dialog box appears, select the website that contains the current version of the file you are replacing, and then click ok. The publish new page dialog box appears. 4. Change the filename, if necessary, to make sure it matches the name of ...
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160 chapter 11: publishing your page 3. Click the browse button, and then navigate to and select the file on your computer you want to link to. Note: you cannot select html, executable, or template files. If you select an invalid file type, contribute warns that you cannot select this file and provi...
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Rolling back to a previous version of a page 161 to roll back to a previous version of a page or asset: 1. Browse to the page that you want to roll back. 2. Select file > actions > roll back to previous version. The roll back page dialog box appears. 3. Select a previous version of the published pag...
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Part ii administering contribute learn how to configure contribute to work with your organization’s websites, create and distribute site connections for users, help contributors get started using contribute, and manage the website’s settings and user permissions. This part contains the following cha...
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165 chapter 12 creating and managing website connections after you have installed macromedia contribute, you must create a connection to a website before you can begin to edit its pages or create new pages. This chapter explains how to use the contribute connection wizard (windows) or connection ass...
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166 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections after you have set up a connection to a website, you can send that connection information in a connection key file to users. Or, if the website is managed by contribute publishing server (cps), you can use the url. Web server index pages the ...
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About creating and sending connections 167 alternate website addresses web servers can be configured in a variety of ways to respond to varying user needs. One common part of web server configuration is the mapping of web addresses to either different ip addresses (often for either load balancing or...
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168 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections related topics • “specifying alternate website addresses” on page 182 connection keys using the connection wizard (windows) or connection assistant (macintosh), you can easily set up connections to websites for other users. The wizard provide...
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Creating a contribute website connection 169 • network path to the website (for connecting to local networks) the network path is the location of the website within your organization’s local network. The network path includes the name of the server on which the website is stored and the directory pa...
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170 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections to create a new website connection: 1. Start contribute. 2. Select edit > my connections (windows) or contribute > my connections (macintosh). The my connections dialog box appears. The options in this dialog box let you create and manage you...
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Enabling and disabling cps for a website 171 to create a connection to a .Mac account: 1. Select contribute > my connections (macintosh). The my connections dialog box appears. 2. Click create. The connection assistant appears. 3. Select .Mac website from the what do you want to connect to pop-up me...
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172 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections enabling cps to work with your website before you can start using cps with your website, you must install and configure cps (see cps console help for information about configuring). You must also create a contribute connection to your website...
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Enabling and disabling cps for a website 173 6. (optional) in the administer website dialog box, click the publishing server console link if you want to launch the cps console. Related topics • “adding users to websites managed by cps” on page 188 disabling cps for a website you can disable cps for ...
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174 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections 4. Click the disable publishing server button. A confirmation dialog box appears. 5. Click yes to continue. Contribute disables cps for this website. Contribute does not remove the administrative settings file for the website, so roles and pe...
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Becoming an administrator of an existing contribute website 175 becoming an administrator of an existing contribute website when you create a contribute website connection, you have the option of becoming the administrator of the website you are creating a connection to. If you choose not to become ...
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176 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections 6. Enter and confirm an administrative password for the website, and click ok. After you assign an administrative password to the website, the administer website dialog box appears, allowing you to configure the website’s settings and permiss...
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Configuring contribute administration settings 177 the administer websites dialog box appears. 3. Select the administrative settings category you want to modify from the list on the left side of the dialog box. See the following topics for information about using the options in this dialog box: ■ “c...
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178 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections to change the administrator e-mail address: 1. Select edit > administer websites (windows) or contribute > administer websites (macintosh), and select the website you want to administer from the submenu. 2. Do one of the following: ■ if the a...
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Configuring contribute administration settings 179 enabling and disabling rollbacks rollback pages are backup versions of each web page published with contribute. Enable rollback is on by default. You can disable rollback or change the number of rollback versions. Each rollback page is a copy of the...
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180 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections to specify document encoding for new pages: 1. Select edit > administer websites (windows) or contribute > administer websites (macintosh), and select the website you want to administer from the submenu. 2. If prompted, enter the administrato...
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Configuring contribute administration settings 181 to add an index page filename: 1. Select edit > administer websites (windows) or contribute > administer websites (macintosh), and select the website you want to administer from the submenu. 2. If prompted, enter the administrator password, and clic...
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182 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections 7. When you have added and ordered the filenames in the index file list, click close to exit the administer website dialog box and save your changes, or select another category to modify. Related topics • “web server index pages” on page 166 ...
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Configuring contribute administration settings 183 you need not configure contribute to recognize all possible website aliases, but only the ones that contribute users will actually use to access the website. To specify an alternate web address for a website: 1. Select edit > administer websites (wi...
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184 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections specifying a guard page guard pages are web pages that contribute places in folders containing administrative files and temporary copies of pages that have been sent for review. The guard page prevents users from browsing to a contribute fold...
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Sending connection keys for websites 185 to enable compatibility mode: 1. In contribute 3, select edit > administer websites, and then select a website. The administer website dialog box appears. 2. Select compatibility from the category list on the left. The compatibility options appear in the admi...
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186 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections to create a website connection key to share with users: 1. Select edit > administer websites (windows) or contribute > administer websites (macintosh), and select the website you want to administer from the submenu. 2. Do one of the following...
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Sending connections for cps managed sites 187 4. You can send a connection key file to a new user, or you can send a connection key to a user who has already connected to the site, and assign them a new role. ■ to send a connection key to a new user, click send connection key. ■ to send a connection...
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188 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections if you’re not using cps to manage your website, see “sending connection keys for websites” on page 185 for information about sending connection keys. To send a cps connection key: 1. Select edit > administer websites (windows) or contribute >...
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Adding users to websites managed by cps 189 3. Click add users. The add users dialog box appears. 4. Select a role for the users you want to add from the role for the new users pop-up menu. The role you assign determines the editing permissions the new users have for modifying the site’s pages. 5. U...
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190 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections removing users from sites managed by cps contribute publishing server (cps) lets you add users to a website from your organization’s ldap or active directory service (see “adding users to websites managed by cps” on page 188 ). You can remove...
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Managing website connections 191 to manage website connections: 1. Select edit > my connections (windows) or contribute > my connections (macintosh). The my connections dialog box appears. 2. Select a website from the list of connections. 3. Manage connections by doing any of the following: ■ “editi...
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192 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections tip: if you have drafts open, you can’t change your name or e-mail address for the website belonging to those drafts. To change that information, first close the open drafts. To edit a website connection: 1. Select edit > my connections (wind...
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Managing website connections 193 renaming a website connection you can rename a website as it appears in contribute. The name you select appears in the home pages menu, the my connections dialog box, and the administer websites submenu. Note: you cannot rename a website connection for a site managed...
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194 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections to remove a website connection for a website managed by cps: 1. Close any open drafts for the website you are removing. Contribute does not remove a connection to a website in which you’re editing pages. 2. Select edit > my connections (windo...
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Managing website connections 195 another reason to disable a site is that contribute may run slowly when many sites are defined because it must maintain multiple network connections over an extended period. To alleviate such performance problems, you can disable sites that you don’t frequently need ...
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196 chapter 12: creating and managing website connections if you want to recover the unpublished drafts, in most cases you can locate them in the recycle bin or trash. Contribute saves the drafts in a folder named for the removed website in the recycle bin or trash. Enabling a website connection if ...
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197 chapter 13 managing users and roles macromedia contribute lets you control the extent to which users can alter a website. To do so, you create roles for each website and define permissions for each role. After a website’s permissions are defined, contribute creates a folder labeled _mm at the ro...
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198 chapter 13: managing users and roles if you are not familiar with such web page design elements as font and paragraph usage, cascading style sheets (css) styles, and image file formats and size limitations, consult a web page designer or other web professional who is knowledgeable about your org...
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Creating contribute roles 199 creating contribute roles when contribute users connect to a website, they are prompted to indicate which role they belong to. For example, a contribute user might choose or be assigned to the writer role. Thereafter, while connected to that website, that user has whate...
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200 chapter 13: managing users and roles 3. Click create new role. The create new role dialog box appears. 4. Select an existing role from the create new role from copy of list box. Selecting an existing role as a base for a new role lets you reuse the selected role’s settings. You can modify the ne...
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Creating contribute roles 201 editing a role’s settings the role settings dialog box lets you define different home pages for users based on the role they belong to, limit roles to working in specific folders, and determine the modifications a role can make to a website. Note: for information about ...
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202 chapter 13: managing users and roles 3. Select the role whose settings you want to modify, and then click edit role settings. The edit role name settings dialog box appears. The edit role name settings dialog box lets you modify the settings associated with each role. 4. Select a settings catego...
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Creating contribute roles 203 5. Modify the settings for the role. When you finish defining the role, click ok to save your changes. The role dialog box will close, returning you to the administer website dialog box. 6. Select another administrative category to modify, or click close to apply your c...
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204 chapter 13: managing users and roles to set general website settings for a role: 1. Open the edit role name setting dialog box, if it’s not already open. (see “editing a role’s settings” on page 201 .) 2. Click the general category on the left side of the dialog box. 3. (optional) select allow u...
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Creating contribute roles 205 setting folder and file access settings the folder/file access settings category lets you limit a role’s access to selected folders (or directories) and to any subfolders they contain as well as determine whether users can delete web pages and related files. Setting fol...
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206 chapter 13: managing users and roles 4. If you’ve selected only allow editing within these folders, specify folders by clicking add folder. The choose folder dialog box appears. 5. The choose folder dialog box displays all folders and files under the website’s root. You can preview pages in the ...
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Creating contribute roles 207 setting file-deletion settings you can allow users to delete pages from the web server. When determining whether users should be able to remove a page from the website, carefully consider whether you want to maintain a backup copy of deleted pages. If you do want to mai...
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208 chapter 13: managing users and roles to set page-editing settings: 1. Open the edit role name settings dialog box, if it’s not already open. (see “editing a role’s settings” on page 201 .) 2. Click the editing category on the left side of the dialog box. The editing category provides options tha...
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Creating contribute roles 209 setting style and font settings the styles and fonts category in the role dialog box lets you control whether typographic styles and fonts appear in the contribute toolbar and which kinds of typographical styles users can apply to text. To set the style and font setting...
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210 chapter 13: managing users and roles 4. Modify the style settings for your chosen style support option as necessary. For more information about options in this dialog box, click the help button in the dialog box. 5. Select another role settings category to modify, or click ok to apply your chang...
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Creating contribute roles 211 to set the new pages options for a website: 1. Open the edit role name settings dialog box, if it’s not already open. (see “editing a role’s settings” on page 201 .) 2. Click the new pages category on the left side of the dialog box. 3. Change options as necessary. Cont...
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212 chapter 13: managing users and roles to set the new images options for a website: 1. Open the edit role name settings dialog box, if it’s not already open. (see “editing a role’s settings” on page 201 .) 2. Click the new images category on the left side of the dialog box. 3. Specify the options ...
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Creating contribute roles 213 to set the file placement options for a website: 1. Open the edit role name settings dialog box, if it’s not already open. (see “editing a role’s settings” on page 201 .) 2. Click the file placement category on the left side of the dialog box. 3. Specify the rules contr...
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214 chapter 13: managing users and roles for more information, see “inserting shared assets into a web page” on page 96 . You can modify your shared assets list as follows: • add image files, flash content, and dreamweaver library items to your list of shared assets. The assets you add to your share...
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Creating contribute roles 215 to add shared assets, delete shared assets, or modify shared asset properties for an entire website or for a specific role: 1. Open the edit role name settings dialog box, if it’s not already open. (see “editing a role’s settings” on page 201 .) note: if you’re making c...
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216 chapter 13: managing users and roles managing drafts sent for review as an administrator, you can view and change the status of drafts that are currently in the draft review process for your website. You can change owners for a draft that has been sent for review, and you can also remove any dra...
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217 chapter 14 troubleshooting this chapter documents common problems that you may encounter as a macromedia contribute user and provides potential solutions. This chapter contains the following sections: • “problems installing contribute” on page 217 • “problems starting contribute” on page 218 • “...
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218 chapter 14: troubleshooting problems starting contribute the following sections describe problems you might encounter when starting contribute: • “startup is slow or the application appears to freeze” on page 218 • “the connection failure dialog box appears when contribute is connected to the ne...
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Problems creating a connection 219 the dial-up dialog box appears when contribute is connected to the network by default, the microsoft internet explorer web browser is configured to automatically dial a network connection if a connection is not present. In some instances, when contribute is started...
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220 chapter 14: troubleshooting can’t move to the next screen in the connection wizard if you cannot navigate to the next screen of the connection wizard (windows) or connection assistant (macintosh), you may have entered the connection information incorrectly. Verify that you have entered the corre...
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Problems editing a page 221 to check whether a folder is visible to your local area network: 1. Select start > run from the windows start menu. The run dialog box appears. 2. Enter the network path to the folder in the open text box, and click ok. For example, enter \\myserver\myfolder. 3. Verify th...
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222 chapter 14: troubleshooting you might be experiencing a network or server abnormality. Try refreshing the page or using the back and forward buttons to navigate to the page a second time. Edit button is disabled there are several reasons why the edit button may be disabled for a certain page: • ...
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Problems editing a page 223 to delete the shared settings file: 1. Connect to the server, either by mounting it on your desktop (macintosh) or by logging in to it (using an ftp client, telnet, ssh, or similar software). Note: you can’t perform this procedure from within a web browser. 2. On the serv...
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224 chapter 14: troubleshooting problems canceling pages the following sections describe problems you may encounter when canceling pages in contribute: the cancel button isn’t visible when you are reviewing a draft, which means you may inadvertently be working offline. Select file > work offline (wi...
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Problems creating new documents from templates 225 • the folder containing the page that the user wants to publish to may have been deleted, or does not exist. Save the page to another folder in the website, or create an appropriate folder for the page. • another user may have locked the page. This ...
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226 chapter 14: troubleshooting problems administering contribute the following sections describe problems you may encounter when administering contribute: • “the administer websites menu is deactivated” on page 226 • “you forgot the administrator role password” on page 226 • “contribute freezes whe...
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Problems administering contribute 227 4. Using contribute, select edit > my connection (windows) or contribute > my connection (macintosh), select the website whose shared settings file you deleted, and click edit. 5. Re-establish a connection to the site. 6. When you re-define the website connectio...
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228 chapter 14: troubleshooting 4. Click the roll back button if the page you selected is the one you want to publish. If it is not the one you want to publish, select another page from the list, and then click roll back. Contribute replaces the currently published version of the page with the previ...
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Problems administering contribute 229 you need to remove a single user from a role if you are using contribute publishing server (cps) to manage users, you can remove an individual user from a role or you can reassign that user to a different role. To learn more, see “removing users from sites manag...
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230 chapter 14: troubleshooting 5. Click yes to confirm that you want to delete the file. Another alert appears, warning that you are deleting a special file and asking if you want to proceed. 6. Click yes to confirm that you want to delete the file. Contribute deletes the lock file and displays the...
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Using contribute with dynamic pages 231 editing static content in dynamic pages you can allow users to edit static content within dynamic pages and protect only the dynamic portions of the page. Contribute users cannot edit source code, nor can they edit anything outside the and tags of a page. This...
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Part iii appendixes this part contains the following appendixes: appendix a, “windows keyboard shortcuts,” on page 235 appendix b, “macintosh keyboard shortcuts,” on page 241 part iii.
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235 appendix a windows keyboard shortcuts the following sections contain tables listing the windows operating system keyboard shortcuts for macromedia contribute. File menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing file menu actions in contribute. Edit menu the following table ...
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236 appendix a: windows keyboard shortcuts view menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing view menu actions in contribute. Insert menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing insert menu actions in contribute. Cut control+x copy control+c paste cont...
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Working in templates 237 format menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing format menu actions in contribute. Table menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing table menu actions in contribute. Working in templates the following table lists the keyb...
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238 appendix a: windows keyboard shortcuts editing text the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for editing text in contribute. Working in tables the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing table actions in contribute. Working with images the following table lists the ke...
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Getting help 239 getting help the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for accessing the online help system in contribute. Action shortcut open online help f1 open the start page alt+home.
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241 appendix b macintosh keyboard shortcuts the following sections contain tables listing the macintosh operating system keyboard shortcuts for macromedia contribute. File menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing file menu actions in contribute. Edit menu the following ta...
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242 appendix b: macintosh keyboard shortcuts view menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing view menu actions in contribute. Insert menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing insert menu actions in contribute. Copy command+c paste command+v paste ...
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Help menu 243 format menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing format menu actions in contribute. Table menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing table menu actions in contribute. Help menu the following table lists the keyboard shortcut for acce...
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244 appendix b: macintosh keyboard shortcuts working in templates the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for navigating template regions. Editing text the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for editing text in contribute. Working in tables the following table lists the keyboard s...
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Working with images 245 working with images the following table lists the keyboard shortcuts for performing image actions in contribute. Action shortcut insert an image command+option+i change image properties double-click image.
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247 index a accessibility authoring for 34 initiatives 34 keyboard-only navigation 32 operating system features 32 screen reader 32 adding bookmarks 29 copy of the current page 59 microsoft excel content to a page 71 microsoft word content to a page 71 new pages 59 page separators 107 pages based on...
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248 index changing contribute startup password 31 link destination 142 link text 142 link text, for a breeze link 137 table properties 122 text alignment 83 text style 78 check spelling command 88 choosing a frame page to edit 147 color text 81 connecting to a website .Mac 170 about 17 e-mail attach...
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Index 249 css paragraph spacing 208 styles, about 73 d deleted page, restoring 227 deleting bookmarks 29 horizontal rules 107 links 143 table cells 117 description of changes, adding to a draft for review 43 disabled website, enabling a 19 disabling cps for a website connection 173 user directory se...
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250 index flashpaper converting a document 66 creating in an external application 69 deleting from a draft 67 documents 57 inserting a document 66 setting microsoft excel print area 70 toolbar 68 flashpaper swf files 68 see also swf files folder, permission 206 fonts adding 77 changing 76 changing s...
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Index 251 l learning contribute 15 resources 12 library items, inserting from shared assets 96 line break, adding 82 link properties changing 143 changing link destination 142 changing text for a breeze link 137 opening the dialog box 142 selecting a named anchor 140 targeting where a page opens 138...
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252 index pages canceling changes to a draft or new page 54 copying a starter web page 60 creating a linked new page 129 creating new 51 deleting 55 duplicating 59 editing overview 36 editing source for 53 modifying title 64 moving pages to your website 152, 153, 154 opening in a new window 138 open...
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Index 253 inserting 139 linking to 140 selecting text in flashpaper swf files 68 sending a draft for review 43, 47 setting browser encoding 31 frames 149 pages to open in a new window 138 table alignment 116 sftp connection information 169 shared assets creating library of assets 215 inserting into ...
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254 index text aligning 83 bold 80 bulleted lists, creating 84 centering 83 color, applying 81 definition lists, creating 85 finding and replacing 89 font size, changing 76 font, changing 76 fonts, adding 77 formatting 80 hightlighting 81 indenting 83 italic 80 links, creating 127 lists, indenting 8...
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Index 255 managing 190 removing 193 renaming in contribute 193 websites disabling a connection to 194 disabling all connections 194 disabling cps for 173 disabling cps for a connection 173 disabling user directory service for 174 editing connection information for 191 enabling connections to 196 man...
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256 index.