
point, options including enabling the start page, working with HTML tags instead of CSS, and the spell checker dictionary can all be customized from this category. A complete list of customizable functionality is given here: Show start page: As you saw in Chapter 3, "Building a Web Page," the start page is a handy window that allows you to quickly open recently opened files, create new files, and create new files from pre-built Dreamweaver skeleton files. Choose this option to enable or disable the start page when Dreamweaver opens or when all Document window instances have been closed. Reopen documents on startup: Enable this option if you want Dreamweaver to automatically open the last file(s) you had open when you closed Dreamweaver. If you disable this option, Dreamweaver opens the start page if you have that option selected; Dreamweaver opens a blank screen if you don't. Warn when opening read-only files: Enabling this option forces Dreamweaver to alert you when opening files that are set as read-only. When the alert appears, you are given the option to unlock the file, check it out, open the file with read-only status, or to cancel completely. Update links when moving files: This option determines how Dreamweaver should handle the moving, renaming, or deleting of files in your defined site. From the menu, you have the option of choosing whether to have Dreamweaver update links automatically, never, or to prompt you before performing any operations. Show dialog when inserting objects: Disable this option if you don't want to see a dialog when inserting objects such as images and tables from the Insert bar. If this option is disabled, all properties for the object must be set within the Properties Inspector, Code view, or the Attributes tab of the Tag Inspector panel group. Enable double-byte inline input: Choosing this option enables you to enter double-byte text directly into your pages if you are using a language that facilitates double-byte text (such as Japanese characters). When this option is deselected, a text input dialog appears for entering and converting double-byte text. Switch to plain paragraph after heading: Enabling this option causes Dreamweaver to insert a new paragraph (represented with the <p> tag) when you press Enter after a heading (represented by tags such as <h1> and <h2>). If this option is not selected, pressing Enter after a heading creates a new paragraph with the same heading tag. Allow multiple consecutive spaces: By default, inserting a normal space into a web page is represented by the non-breaking space ( ) special character. The non-breaking space is accessible by choosing Insert, HTML, Special Characters, Non-Breaking Space or by pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Space. Check this option to insert a non-breaking space when the Spacebar is pressed. Use <strong> and <em> in place of <b> and <i>: For standards compliancy, this option should remain enabled. In fact, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) discourages the use of the <b> and <i> tags. Choosing this option guarantees that the <strong> tag (Bold) is used in place of the <b> tag and the <em> tag (Italic) is used in place of the <i> tag when their respective buttons are selected from the either the Properties Inspector or from the Text, Style menu. Use CSS instead of HTML tags: As you saw in Chapter 3, deselecting this option allows you to work with traditional HTML formatting options. As you'll see in Chapter 7, "Advanced Page Formatting Using Style Sheets," you check this option to work with the forward standards-compliant CSS. Warn when placing editable regions within <p> or <h1>-<h6> tags: Specifies whether or not Dreamweaver displays a warning message whenever you save a Dreamweaver template that has an editable region in a paragraph or heading tag. The message tells you that users will not be able to create more paragraphs in the region. It is turned on by default.