Dreamweaver provides seamless integration with Adobe Bridge, the cross-platform file browser included with Adobe Creative Suite 5 components. Adobe Bridge helps you locate, organize, and browse the assets you need to create print, web, video, and mobile content. You can start Adobe Bridge from any Creative Suitecomponent (except Acrobat 9), and use it to access both Adobe and non-Adobe asset types.
From Adobe Bridge, you can:
Preview, search, sort, and process files without opening individual Creative Suite applications. You can also edit metadata for files and use Adobe Bridge to place files into your documents, projects, or compositions.
Import and edit photos from a digital camera card, group related photos into stacks, and open and edit Camera Raw files without starting Photoshop.
Perform automated tasks, such as batch commands.
Synchronize color settings across color-managed Creative Suite components.
You can start Adobe Bridge from Dreamweaver to view your files before placing them or dragging them in your page layout.
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Select File > Browse In Bridge.
Click the Browse In Bridge button in the Standard toolbar.
Press the Browse In Bridge shortcut from the keyboard: Control+Alt+O (Windows) or Command+Option+O (Macintosh).
Adobe Bridge opens in File Browser mode, showing the contents of the last-opened folder in Dreamweaver. If Adobe Bridge was already open, it becomes the active window.
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Adobe Bridge is only installed with Dreamweaver CS5 when you install Creative Suite CS5; it is not included with the standalone version of Dreamweaver CS5. However, Adobe Bridge was included if you previously installed Dreamweaver CS3 or CS4, so if you still have Adobe Bridge installed from those versions, Dreamweaver CS5 can access it and use it.
You can insert files into Dreamweaver pages by inserting them or by dragging them from Adobe Bridge into your page. The Dreamweaver document in which you want to insert the file must be open and in Design view to use this feature.
You can insert most file types into your pages, but Dreamweaver handles them differently:
If you insert a web‑ready image (JPEG, GIF, or PNG), Dreamweaver inserts the image files directly into your page and places a copy in your website’s default images folder.
If you insert a Photoshop PSD file, you need to define its optimization settings before Dreamweaver can place it in your page.
If you insert a non-image file, such as mp3, PDF, or a file with an unknown file type, Dreamweaver inserts a link to the source file.
If you insert an HTML file, Dreamweaver inserts a link to the source file.
(Windows only) If you have Microsoft Office installed and you are inserting a Microsoft Word or Excel file, you must specify if you want to insert the file itself or insert a link to the source file. If you want to insert the file, you can specify how much of the file’s formatting you want to keep.
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If your insertion point is in Code view, Adobe Bridge starts as usual but cannot place the file. You can only place files in Design view.
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If your insertion point is in Code view, Adobe Bridge starts as usual but cannot place the file. You can only place files in Design view.
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If Dreamweaver is already open, this action makes the program active. If Dreamweaver is not open, Adobe Bridge starts it, bypassing the Welcome Screen.
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