Dreamweaver

Open and edit existing documents

You can open an existing web page or text-based document, whether or not it was created in Dreamweaver, and edit it in either Design view or Code view.

If the document you open is a Microsoft Word file that was saved as an HTML document, you can use the Cleanup Word HTML command to remove the extraneous markup tags that Word inserts into HTML files.

To clean up HTML or XHTML that was not generated by Microsoft Word, use the Cleanup HTML command.

You can also open non-HTML text files, such as JavaScript files, XML files, CSS style sheets, or text files saved by word processors or text editors.

  1. Select File > Open.
    You can also use the Files panel to open files.
  2. Navigate to and select the file you want to open.
    Note: If you haven’t already done so, it’s a good idea to organize files you plan to open and edit in a Dreamweaver site, instead of opening them from another location.
  3. Click Open.

    The document opens in the Document window. JavaScript, text, and CSS Style Sheets open in Code view by default. You can update the document while working in Dreamweaver, and save the changes in the file.