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Apply steps in the History panel to objects



You can apply a set of steps from the History panel to any object in the Document window.

If you select multiple objects and then apply steps to them from the History panel, the objects are treated as a single selection and Dreamweaver attempts to apply the steps to that combined selection; however, you can apply a set of steps only to a single object at a time.

To apply the steps to each object in a set of objects, you must make the last step in the series select the next object in the set. The second procedure demonstrates this principle in a specific scenario: setting the vertical and horizontal spacing of a series of images.

Apply steps to one other object

  1. Select the object.
  2. Select the relevant steps in the History panel, and click Replay.

Apply steps to multiple objects

  1. Start with a document in which each line consists of a small image (such as a graphical bullet or an icon) followed by text.

    The goal is to set the images off from the text and from the other images above and below them.


  2. Open the Property inspector (Window > Properties), if it isn’t already open.
  3. Select the first image.
  4. In the Property inspector, enter numbers in the V Space and H Space boxes to set the image’s spacing.
  5. Click the image again to make the Document window active without moving the insertion point.
  6. Press the Left Arrow key to move the insertion point to the left of the image.
  7. Press the Down Arrow key to move the insertion point down one line, leaving it just to the left of the second image in the series.
  8. Press Shift+Right Arrow to select the second image.
    Note: Do not select the image by clicking it, or you won’t be able to replay all the steps.
  9. In the History panel, select the steps that correspond to changing the image’s spacing and selecting the next image. Click Replay to replay those steps.

    The current image’s spacing changes, and the next image is selected.


  10. Continue to click Replay until all the images are spaced correctly.