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How_to_Manage_Your_Extension_through_Dreamweaver_MX
| How to Manage Your Extension through Dreamweaver MX
The latest version of Macromedia Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver MX
works with a standalone program that is a wonderful assistant in
managing your file extension. Macromedia Dreamweaver MX offers
extensions to improve the functionality and scope of
Dreamweaver. This program is the extension manager that can be
relied upon to install and remove your file extensions. Through
this program, you can turn your extensions on and turn them off,
as you please. Plus, true to Dreamweaver’s integrated
capabilities, the extension manager program works well with
Flash and Fireworks to manage their extensions as well.
If you haven’t got any idea on how to manage your extensions
through Dreamweaver MX, then, after going over these simple
steps, you will find out how reliable and easy it is:
First, open the Extension Manager. Do this by going to the
"Commands" menu and choosing "Manage Extensions..."
Second, if you haven't gotten around to downloading the
extension or extensions you want to install, then start
downloading them before we go another step further.
Third, since the Extension Manager handle extensions for several
programs, as mentioned above, you must make sure that
Dreamweaver MX is displayed in the drop-down menu.
After checking out the drop-down menu, go to the "File" menu and
choose "Install extension". This command will open a standard
file selector box. Once opened, browse to the file you
downloaded and click "Install". A disclaimer announcement will
appear before you. Be sure to read it and that there are no
unexpected requirements for use of the extension, since some
extensions happen to have these. After reading, click "Accept".
And lastly, click "OK" and close and restart Dreamweaver. If you
don’t like to go through all these process we gave you above,
you can skip them and install the extension by double clicking
on it after you download. You can also import extensions from
Dreamweaver 4 into Dreamweaver MX, but not all Dreamweaver 4
extensions will work in MX. There are important points to
remember in installing your extension, though, whenever you
install quite a large number of extensions, optimal function of
Dreamweaver can slow down. Thus, always make sure that you
disable extensions you don’t necessarily need.
It’s very easy to disable your extension: first, open the
Extension Manager by going to the "Commands" menu and choosing
"Manage Extensions..." Then highlight the extension you want to
disable and uncheck them by clicking on the check box next to
the extension. Always remember that you may need to restart
Dreamweaver to fully disable extensions. If you want to reenable
the extensions, just go to the same process. Make sure that the
"On/Off" check box is checked. -30-
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