Converting Dreamweaver into another program for editing

Question

I have a reference manual that was created in Dreamweaver and I wanted to know if it could be converted into another program to edit and post. I believe the program was built in html. However, I am trying to save money by not getting training on writing code for the web version.

Nancy OShea · Accepted Answer

There's nothing special about the code Dreamweaver creates. You can use any plain text or HTML editor. For example, Brackets is an open source code editor.

Brackets - A modern, open source code editor that understands web design.

That said, if you don't understand HTML, CSS and JavaScript code, you may have trouble working with this project.

Which app were you thinking of using?

Nancy

Jon Fritz · Answer

Acrobat Pro will open html pages, keeping the design very close to what you have. You can then save them as PDFs and edit with Acrobat or Illustrator (no coding).

1. Open Acrobat Pro
2. Go to File > Open

3. In the bottom right of the dialogue window, choose All Files (*,*) from the dropdown
4. Select your .html file and click Open
5. Choose File > Save As to save as a PDF

From there, all you need to do is use either Acrobat or (the better choice in my opinion) Illustrator to modify the PDF without any coding required on your end. Of course, the file will no longer be .html but you could link to the manual online like any other file and users would view it either in a browser with native PDF support, or in Acrobat like any other PDF on the internet.

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