Dreamweaver includes a number of features designed to make editing HTML code easier.
When you are in the Code view, if you want to insert an HTML element around part of the code, select it, right click

and choose Insert Tag...
The Tag chooser will open:

Click on the plus sign (+) next to HTML tags to see a list of the tags, and click on the plus sign next ot the category to see tags in that category.
Clicking on a tag in the right hand column displays the Tag info in the bottom field.

Clicking on Insert inserts the tag/element around your selection.
When editing the code, you can change the attributes of a tag easily. Right click on the tag itself (for example, a P tag), and choose Edit Tag.
The General category will show the standard HTML attributes that you can set for the element; style sheet/accessibility shows the styles you can set; content shows whatever is inside the element; and events shows the Javascript events you have applied to that element.
For instance, if you have an image element:
<img src="tagchooser.jpg" width="480" height="400">
You can set or view the attributes:

Etc.
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Last updated: February 27, 2004
For more information, contact Jennifer Heise