Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 501)

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Templates
Last updated 6/3/2015
In pages based on templates, template users can edit content in editable regions only. You can easily identify and select
editable regions to edit content. Template users cannot edit content in locked regions.
Note: If you try to edit a locked region in a document based on a template when highlighting is turned off, the mouse pointer
changes to indicate that you can’t click in a locked region.
Template users can also modify properties and edit entries for a repeating region in template-based documents.
Modify template properties
When template authors create parameters in a template, documents based on the template automatically inherit the
parameters and their initial value settings. A template user can update editable tag attributes and other template
parameters (such as optional region settings).
Modify an editable tag attribute
1 Open the template-based document.
2 Select Modify > Template Properties.
The Template Properties dialog box opens, showing a list of available properties. The dialog box shows optional
regions and editable tag attributes.
3 In the Name list, select the property.
The bottom area of the dialog box updates to show the selected property’s label and its assigned value.
4 In the field to the right of the property label, edit the value to modify the property in the document.
Note: The field name and updateable values are defined in the template. Attributes that do not appear in the Name list
are not editable in the template-based document.
5 Select Allow Nested Templates To Control This if you want to pass the editable property along to a documents based
on the nested template.
Modify optional region template parameters
1 Open the template-based document.
2 Select Modify > Template Properties.
The Template Properties dialog box opens, showing a list of available properties. The dialog box shows optional
regions and editable tag attributes.
3 In the Name list, select a property.
The dialog box updates to show the selected property’s label and its assigned value.
4 Select Show to display the optional region in the document, or deselect Show to hide the optional region.
Note: The field name and default setting are defined in the template,.
5 Select Allow Nested Templates To Control This if you want to pass the editable property along to a documents based
on the nested template.
Add, delete, and change the order of a repeating region entry
Use repeating region controls to add, delete, or change the order of entries in template-based documents. When you
add a repeating region entry, a copy of the entire repeating region is added. To update the content in the repeating
regions, the original template must include an editable region in the repeating region.