title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
author:  David Karlins 
description: David Karlins runs PPINET Web Design, and teaches Dreamweaver live and online at San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program as well at at UC Berkeley Extension Division.
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  For Bob. Sleep well.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Acknowledgments
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I would like to thank Anne Sowards, my marvelous editor, my agent, Jenn
  Jackson, and my poor deluded beta readers. I’ve been facing the kinds of
  problems authors only dream about having, and you all have been a tremendous
  help to me. With luck, I’ll figure out how best to repay you for the time and
  effort you’ve all given me.
  
  
  And, always, for Shannon and JJ, who like me even when I vanish into my own
  head for days at a time.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ##  Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The summer 