Setting Dreamweaver preferences

Dreamweaver has preference settings that control the general appearance and behavior of the Dreamweaver user interface as well as options related to specific features such as layers, style sheets, displaying HTML and JavaScript code, external editors, and previewing in browsers.

See the following sections for information about setting Dreamweaver preferences:

• Setting General preferences for Dreamweaver
• Optimizing the workspace for accessible page design
• Setting code coloring preferences
• Setting the code format preference options
• Setting code hints preferences
• Setting code rewriting preferences
• Setting CSS Styles preferences
• Specifying a comparison tool in Dreamweaver
• Setting the File Types/Editors preference options
• Setting external image editor preferences
• Starting an external editor for media files
• Setting Fonts preferences for Dreamweaver display
• Setting Highlighting preferences
• Setting Invisible Elements preferences
• Setting layer preferences
• Setting preferences for Layout mode
• Setting options in the New Document Preferences dialog box
• Inserting a link to a Word or Excel document
• Setting Panels preferences
• Setting the Preview in Browser Preferences options
• Setting Site preference options
• Setting Status Bar preferences
• Setting Validator preferences