Macromedia Dreamweaver Support for Single Bitmaps

Dreamweaver is a popular program for web site design. Now you can create graphics in Xara LX and link them into Dreamweaver. Then, if you need to make further edits, Dreamweaver can tell Xara LX which source file to load - easy. This applies to GIFs, BMPs, JPEGs and PNGs.

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Exporting a file

1. Before exporting the bitmap you must save the Xara LX document to disk - see Saving a document. You only need to do this once so Xara LX knows where to find the document on your computer.

2. Choose Export on the File menu.

3. Enter a name and file type. Important: save the bitmap in the same folder as the Dreamweaver document.

4. Click Save to move to the second dialog box. For full information on this dialog box, click its Help button.

5. Select options in the regular way for number of colors etc.

6. On the Image map tab select Add design note.

7. Click Export to export the bitmap. This exports the bitmap and sets up the links required for Dreamweaver.

Using the bitmap in Dreamweaver

Import the bitmap into Dreamweaver in the regular way:

1. In Dreamweaver, position the cursor where you want the bitmap.

2. Click the Insert image button in the Objects palette.

3. Select the bitmap file name.

4. Click Select to insert the bitmap.

Check the Dreamweaver help for more information on importing graphics.

Editing the bitmap from within Dreamweaver

These instructions refer to Dreamweaver 3. Macromedia may introduce new versions for which these instructions do not apply.

Before editing the bitmap, you need to make Xara LX the default editor for Dreamweaver - full details.

1. Close Xara LX if it is running.

2. In Dreamweaver, select the bitmap.

3. In Dreamweaver, click Edit on the Properties palette. The opens the original XAR file in Xara LX ready for editing.

4. In Xara LX - after making your changes, just reexport the file using the same file name. This automatically updates the bitmap in Dreamweaver.

Movie—click below (not working in this version)

Dreamweaver integration

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