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December 11, 2022
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Download full user guide and documentation for Dreamweaver 2022

  • December 11, 2022
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I don't want to watch training videos. I don't want to do sample projects. I don't want to have to click on dropdown carets and links and navigate and scroll through webpages. I want to download and read the full user guide documentation for Dreamweaver 2022 (CC) found here https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/user-guide.html

as if I'm reading a book. How can I do that?

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea
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    I am a reader, but I guess Adobe can't think beyond its balance sheet.


    By @11045257

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    @11045257,

    Is this what you want?

    Dreamweaver Reference Manual PDF

    https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/dreamweaver_reference.pdf

     

    It's easy to criticize Adobe, but even easier to use Google. 🙄

     

     

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    Anonymous
    April 3, 2023

    Amen to that.  Adobe and nearly all other big web development companies do not care to provide full support for paying customers, even when there is obviously great demand for something like a PDF version of their online help.  How difficult is that?  We can submit idea suggestions until we are blue, but it always falls on deaf ears.  We can use "Enter Reader View" with our browser (at least with Firefox you can), which creates a fine version of the webpage, and then save it as a PDF.  So, we can, and have to, do it one page at a time.  But why should we have to do that?  Paying a monthly subscription of $20+ year after year and they don't provide a PDF of the user guide (like they used to do)? 

     

    My wife was a school teacher her entire career.  One thing she helped me understand, and which was at the core of her teaching excellence, is that people learn best in different ways.  Listening or reading or visual.  I agree with every word you said, llilli.   I am a reader, but I guess Adobe can't think beyond its balance sheet.

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      April 4, 2023
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      I am a reader, but I guess Adobe can't think beyond its balance sheet.


      By @11045257

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      @11045257,

      Is this what you want?

      Dreamweaver Reference Manual PDF

      https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/dreamweaver_reference.pdf

       

      It's easy to criticize Adobe, but even easier to use Google. 🙄

       

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      Anonymous
      April 5, 2023

      No, actually, it's not.  That link points to the one I already have, which says "Last updated 11/7/2019" in the front pages.  They couldn't have decided to communicate by adding another sentence to that indicating the old 2019 user guide is applicable to the latest versions of Dreamweaver through month/year? I wrongly assumed Adobe would have made some changes or updates of one sort or another since November 2019. I understand now why Ben said "It's akin to registering a dog that has kicked the bucket."  I just now checked the Adobe product page and see that Adobe has decided to get out of the website developer business.  They don't have a successor.  Portfolio doesn't count.

       

      Yes, it is easy to criticize Adobe.  They have always spoken in tongues.

       

      I like Dreamweaver and will continue to use it for as short a time as possible until I learn another product. What's that you say, Ben, about "Wappler?"

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      December 14, 2022
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       I want to download and read the full user guide documentation for Dreamweaver 2022 (CC) found here https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/user-guide.html

      as if I'm reading a book. How can I do that?

      By @llilli

       

      Did you try to download it using Acrobat (ctrl shift O) then from there, set the proerties and click download, you'll get a PDF of the part of the help that you want.

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 11, 2022

      The searchable, text-based User Guide can be found online at the URL below. 

      https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/user-guide.html

       

      For quick access from Dreamweaver, go to Help menu > Dreamweaver Help (F1).  See screenshots.

       

      Hope that helps.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      BenPleysier
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      BenPleysierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 11, 2022

      https://www.adobepress.com/store/adobe-dreamweaver-classroom-in-a-book-2022-release-9780137623259

      Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!
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        llilliAuthor
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        December 11, 2022

        Thanks Ben. I've used the Classroom in a Book series before. Though good on one level, they don't go into as much detail as the full user guides and are not as helpful if you are planning to take the certification exams.

        BenPleysier
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        BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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        December 11, 2022
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        and are not as helpful if you are planning to take the certification exams.


        By @llilli

         

        Why on earth would you want to obtain a Dreamweaver Certification? It's akin to registering a dog that has kicked the bucket.

        Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!
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