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Master VISUALLY Dreamweaver CS3 and Flash CS3 Professional

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I bought this book because I was trying to learn how to design and publish dynamic websites. The only reason I bought this book rather than the plethora of other books offered is because I noticed that it contained information on both Dreamweaver CS3 and Flash CS3 Professional, both of which I intended to create my sites with.
The book itself is quite large, which usually means that it's chock-full of information, however I didn't find that to be the case with this book.
I have basic knowledge of both programs, and I was disappointed that a lot of the book was dedicated to extremely simple tasks, such as opening a new page - which ends up being a tutorial on how to press the button that says "New" on the welcome screen. I ended up skipping through about 80% of the book because I already knew how to use all of the topics discussed. I thought that the inclusion of trivial topics in the programs was completely unnecessary, I mean, I know that it's marketed to beginner users, but I think anyone who can navigate a computer is capable of innately knowing how to do the simple actions such as the above example.
Overall, I think it might be a good book if the customer has absolutely NO prior knowledge of the programs, actually, it would probably only be beneficial to those who have never even opened the programs. So if you've never heard of the programs, this book is for you, otherwise, I'd recommend trying a different book.

I am a Dreamweaver newbie and even with the limited knowledge I have about the software, this book is a mess. It never tells you anything about DIV tags, which is what web design is all about these days. It talks of some other type of tag, and then suddenly skips to having a photo placed inside the tag without telling you how to do it. Really not helpful. Nice concept poorly executed.