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Summary: Haphazard. Unnecessarily difficult for beginners.
Review: As a basic get-going this Dummies issue isn't too bad, in that it explains the menu options and some rudiments. That said, I found it to be rather disappointing in the way it approached matters; it tending to start a subject, dive off somewhere else, returning to what you started with someplace else - maybe chapters later. The opening chapters were rambling and repetitive with useful details mentioned in passing, For example, shift+enter is a line break and the enter key is a paragraph break. I missed this the first time around and, after finding the function by accident, spotted it in the book's text by chance. The way in which table-sizing was handled was also clumsy: all you have to do is use the mouse and click and drag the sizing handles like in other programmes instead of always going through the property inspector. Too much space was spent in giving examples of other peoples' work which wasn't particularly poignant (18oz being a remarkable piece of nonsense) and, more often than not, a contradiction to the better practices preached. Okay, the book covers a lot: Dreamweaver 3, Fireworks 3, and Flash 4. But in rather an unnecessarily schematic way within the space provided to avoid the feeling that I should be reading something more advanced and which still covered the opening basics. Nevertheless it's reasonable value at the price.
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Summary: Wow, I really am a dummy!
Review: Dreamweaver 3 for Dummies turned out to be a Godsend to me. I had spent countless hours trying to figure out how to work dreamwever 3, but after buying dreamweaver 3 for dummies, I was spending most of my time actually working on my site! It had easy to read instructions, and it m,and all the difference.
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Summary: Dreamweaver 3 for Dummies
Review: I had to use dreamweaver 3 in a hurry to start implementing for a project. I was able to get through this book in a few days and was able to start producing right away. The section on Fireworks was brief but gave a good overview to get started. I would recommend this book!
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Summary: Dreamweaver 3 for Dummies
Review: I had to use dreamweaver 3 in a hurry to start implementing for a project. I was able to get through this book in a few days and was able to start producing right away. The section on Fireworks was brief but gave a good overview to get started. I would recommend this book!
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Summary: Fun reading and good info....
Review: I went through the Dreamweaver tutorial and still didn't "get it." Then I read DW3 for Dummies - aha, so that's what the tool is about! Dreamweaver is a pro-level tool, and the documentation that comes with it addresses that audience. This book cuts one level lower to help us novices get up to speed. Note however, that this is not the "end all" book; it simply gets you started...
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Summary: Excellent Reference for those just getting started
Review: I'm a web design novice and after spending some time last year beginning to learn Dreamweaver I got sidetracked with work and fell out of it. This book was a good resource to get me going again. If you have experience with web design, I'd recommend you skip this one and go for the Dreamweaver 3 Bible instead, but given the title, I think it's very well suited to the target audience. After reading this book you will be ready to get started, but you may quickly find yourself wanting a book with more detail. My only complaint is the inclusion of 2 chapters on Fireworks. The author didn't provide enough information to be truly useful, yet managed to waste two chapters that could have been devoted to Dreamweaver.
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Summary: Author's comments
Review: I'm hoping that this proves to be a useful book for the many people out there using Dreamweaver. Janine and I worked hard to fit as much as possible about this great program into the Dummies format. So far the reviews seem to be very good (aside from the one reader in Chicago who posted the same negative review 3 times). Feel free to contact me with any feedback about this book or how to make it better. Especially with things you'd like to see added or areas that you feel could have been covered better. We love using Dreamweaver and believe in its future as the leading Web authoring tool. As Dreamweaver continues to evolve we'll certainly be releasing updates to this book and we're always interested in making it better.
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Summary: Dreamweaver 3 book review
Review: I'm sorry to disagree with the others who have reviewed this book, but as a new web person, I do not feel this book is up the the other fine dummies books out there. I'm back on line now to search for another one that will go into more detail of why and what I'm doing.
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Summary: Dreaming of a better Dummies Dreamweaver Book
Review: If you already know something about HTML authoring this book isn't too bad if you want a quick guide to the program. BUT if you are a newbie to creating websites, then this book is a poor place to start. I purchased this book for a friend who wanted to get up and running, and while I know there is no substitute for a human teacher - this guide was a poor textbook at best. The chapters don't explain the basic concepts behind websites, so while the reader can find out how to use Dreamweaver to make frames, tables and CSS - there is little to nothing on what a "dummy" would find useful (example: how to make text a specific color). This book has too much fluff with chapters like "Fulfilling Your Dreams" and "Making It Cool" but very little about the basic lessons a beginner could use.
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Summary: Dreamweaver For Dummies
Review: If you want to learn Dreamweaver quickly, this is the book for you. It's easy to read, understand, well written and concise. Learning a new program should be made as easy as possible-this does the trick.
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