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Last updated 6/3/2015

Make an existing HTML document XHTML-compliant

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Open a document, and do one of the following:

• For a document without frames, select File > Convert, and then select one of the XHTML document type

definitions.

For example, you can make an HTML document XHTML-compliant by selecting XHTML 1.0 Transitional or
XHTML 1.0 Strict from the pop-up menu.

• For a document with frames, select a frame and select File > Convert, and then select one of the XHTML

document type definitions.

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To convert the whole document, repeat this step for every frame and the frameset document.

Note: You can’t convert an instance of a template, because it must be in the same language as the template on which it’s
based. For example, a document based on an XHTML template will always be in XHTML, and a document based on a
non-XHTML-compliant HTML template will always be HTML and can’t be converted to XHTML or any other language.

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Editing code in Design view

Note: The user interface has been simplified in Dreamweaver CC and later. As a result, you may not find some of the
options described in this article in Dreamweaver CC and later. For more information, see

this article

.

About editing code in Design view

Dreamweaver lets you visually create and edit web pages without worrying about the underlying source code, but there
are times when you might need to edit the code for greater control or to troubleshoot your web page. Dreamweaver lets
you edit some code while working in Design view.

This section is designed for people who prefer to work in Design view, but who also want quick access to the code.

Selecting child tags in Design view

If you select an object in Design view that contains child tags—for example, an HTML table—you can quickly select
the first child tag of that object by selecting Edit > Select Child.

Note: This command is only enabled in Design view.

For example, the tag normally has child tags. If you select a
tag in the tag selector, you can select
the first row in the table by selecting Edit > Select Child. Dreamweaver selects the first tag in the tag selector. Since
the tag itself has child tags, namely
tags, selecting Edit > Select Child again selects the first cell in the table.

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