Macromedia Dreamweaver - Customizing templates with Dreamweaver and Fireworks: Modifying a library item

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Modifying a library item

Library items can appear on more than one template or page in a site. When you modify a library item, you can apply the changes to all occurrences of the item throughout the site, regardless of the template on which the item appears.

You can also make a library item editable in the current document, and break the link between the item in the document and the library. When you make a library item editable, the changes you make to the item affect the current document only.

To modify a library item in a template:

1	With the template displayed in Dreamweaver, select the library image you want to modify. The Property inspector indicates the source file for the selected library item.
	In the detail of the E-zine index template shown below, the selected header graphic is a library item. The Property inspector indicates that the object is a library item, and indicates the item's filename.

2	In the Property inspector, click Open to open the library item file.
3	In the library item document window, select the object in the library item you want to modify and do one of the following:
	To modify selected text in a library item, enter the new text.
	To modify a selected image in a library item, see Modifying an image.
4	With the library item file active in Dreamweaver, choose File > Save.
5	In the Update Library Item dialog box, click Update to apply the changes to all occurrences of the library item in the site.

To make a library item editable in the current document only:

1	Select the library item in the document.
2	In the Property Inspector, click Detach From Original.