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Summary: Excellent learning tool and ongoing resource
Comment: This is an outstanding introduction to both the general concepts and the detailed processing of Dreamweaver CS3, written in a way easy to understand. It took me about 4 weeks to get through the 940 pages but I felt I was learning throughout the process. While obviously a fan of the program, McFarland also points out where it is lacking or confusing, and provides helpful workarounds. The tutorials are comprehensive and instructive. The book exceeded my expectations as a tool for trying to learn the program. As I convert my existing site to DW CS3, I'm now using it as a resource.
I did find a surprising number of typos, though none were terribly distracting. Things like "see page xx" and incorrect file names when describing the steps of the tutorials.
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Summary: Brilliant
Comment: I have found this book thoroughly useful and am glad I purchased it. I wish the author would write a book on Illustrator CS3.
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Summary: Amazing!!!
Comment: I have to admit that this is the best Dreamweaver's book I've read in years !! Very good job !!
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Summary: Not for the faint hearted!
Comment: If you are learning web-paging from scratch, set aside at least three months for intensive study and practice in which to become capable of applying it to your purposes. This is a five-course dinner you are sitting down to. It's title, Dreamweaver, is well earned, but it won't do your weaving for you -- put real effort into learning how to use it and be patient over the learning period. You'll be glad you did! I'm half-way into my three months' and gratified to have grasped the essentials and to have done my first trial web page with it. It weaves your creativity into the woof. This manual is the key to learning how to use Dreamweaver --use it, don't just read it. --WTB
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Summary: A well written book - something we all need.
Comment: Unlike some manuals and texts which are either a SUMMARY or a BORING TECHNICAL PARALYSIS on the software, this book is very objective, quick to the point, yet goes into detail when necessary. Forget the BIBLE style books, or NUTSHELL style books. This book can be made into an example of how software manuals are written in the future. If there is one drawback, the book is difficult to handle with its so so many pages. I would have broken this down into two books. Just for ease of handling. Also, maybe have the text font size slightly larger.
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