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| absolute link | provides the complete URL of the document; takes viewer off your site |
| align | sets the alignment of an image in relation to other elements in the same paragraph, table, or line |
| alignment | determines where on the page the image displays and if and how text wraps around the image |
| alt | specifies alternative text that appears in place of the image for text-only browsers or for browsers that have been set to download images manually. Also used for visually impaired users who use speech synthesizers |
| alternative text | provides an alternative source of information about the image |
| animated | a number of images saved into a single file and looped, or repeated over and over to appear as if the image is moving |
| assets panel | helps you manage and organize your Web site's asset types within the selece local root folder |
| background images | add texture and interesting color to a Web page and set the overall appearance of the document |
| bitmap | more common type of image file; maps out or plots an image on a pixel-by-pixel basis |
| bit resolution | described by the number of bits used to represent each pixel |
| border | the width, in pixels, of the image's border |
| brightness/contrast | modifies the contrast or birghtness of pixels in an image |
| code inspector | opens a separate window, so you can keep the whole document window reserved for Design view |
| code view | allows you to see the code that Dreamweaver generates for a document as you create the document |
| crop/cropping | lets you edit images by reducing the are of the image and allows you to eliinate unwanted or distracting portions of the image |
| design view | allows the designer to see what the Web page will look like as the page is being created |
| document-relative link/internal link | linked documents that are in the same folder or site |
| drag and drop method | when you drag the file from the Files or Assets panel to the Link text box in the Property inspector |
| e-mail link | creates a blank e-mail message containing the recipient's address |
| external link | primarily used to link to documents outside of your Web site |
| files panel | provides a view of the devices and folders on your computer and shows how these devices and folders are organized |
| gif/graphics interchange format | image format that uses 8-bit resolution, supports up to a maximum of 256 colors, and uses combinations of these 256 colors to simulate colors beyond that range |
| H box | indicate the height of an image in pixels |
| H space | adds space along the let and right of an image |
| home page | similar to a table of contents or an index in a book; generally contains links to all the other pages within the Web site |
| hotspot tools | allows you to create image maps |
| image resampling | adds or subtracts pixels from a resize JPG or GIF image file to match he appearance of the original image as closely as possible |
| index.htm/index.html | how the home page is normally saved (most Web servers automatically recognize this page as the first page of a Web site) |
| interlacing | lets the browser begin to build a low-resolution version of the full-size gif picture on the screen while the file is still downloading |
| internal link | link to a document within your Web site |
| invisible element marker | shows the location of the inserted image within the HTML code |
| jpg/joint photographic experts group | best format for photographic images because they can contain up to 16.7 million colors |
| link box | allows you to make the selected image a hyperlink to a specific URL or Web page |
| low src | specifies the image that should load before the main image |
| map box | allows you to create image maps |
| named anchor | lets the user link to a specific location within a document |
| null link | provides for attaching behaviors to an object or executes JavaScript code |
| pixel | the smallest point in a graphical image |
| png/portable network graphics | native file format of Macromedia Fireworks; retains all the original layer, vector, color and effect information, and all elements are fully editable at all times |
| relative links | files linked within the same Web site |
| resampling | adds or subtracts pixels from a resized jpg or gif image file to match the appearance of the original image as closely as possible |
| root directory/top-level directory | the main director of a disk |
| script link | provides for attaching behaviors to an object or executes JavaScript code |
| sharpening | adjusts the focus of an image by increasing the contrast of edges found wihtin the image |
| site map | graphical representation of the struture of a Web site |
| src | specifies the source file for the image |
| target | specifies the frame or window in which the linked page should load |
| transparency | allows the user to specify a transparency color, which allows the background color or image to display |
| V space | adds space along the top and bottom of an image |
| vector | composed of key points and paths, which define shapes and coloring instructions, such as line and fill colors |
| W box | indicate the width of the image in pixels |
