[Sigia-l] How to make Dreamweaver more Visio like?

[Leona Carpenter]

Andrew asked:
> 1.  How can I easily place and move screen elements (text, buttons,
form
> controls) without having to create a separate layer for each element
(which
> would make the screen pretty cluttered)?  I've thought of creating
an empty
> table with many cells, so that I can move elements around, but this
seems kind
> of clunky.  (ex. it seems that you need to merge cells to create
indentations)

I use the Dreamweaver facility for shifting back and forth between
layers and tables (Modify: Layout mode-> Convert Layer to Tables -or-
Convert Tables to Layers). I always set the "prevent layer overlap"
preference in the View menu. There is inevitably a bit of tidying up
to do if you have to move back to layers from tables. Not an elegant
solution, I'll be interested to hear what other people do.

Leona

Leona Carpenter
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