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Edit a web page stored on your computer

You can use Contribute to edit pages that aren’t on a website you’ve connected to; you can open an HTML page saved on your computer and make your edits. The experience is similar to using Notepad or TextEdit, but it has the ease of use and functionality of Contribute.

For example, suppose you receive an HTML page in e-mail that you need to edit for a coworker. Even if the page isn’t associated with a website you’ve connected to, you can save the page to your computer, open and edit the page in Contribute, and return it to your coworker.

Note: Do not create a connection to your local drive. If you do, Contribute treats files saved on your computer as files on a website, and the Direct Edit feature does not work properly.

  1. In the Contribute browser or editor, select File > Open.

    The Open dialog box appears.

    Note: You cannot use this feature to open and edit TXT files saved on your computer.

  2. Navigate to and select the file you want to edit, and then click Open.

    The page opens as a draft in the Contribute editor; the toolbar contains Save and Close buttons instead of Publish and Discard Draft buttons.

    Note: Administrator preferences are not applied because this page is not part of a website. To enforce preferences for pages that are edited this way, see the Contribute Support Center at http://www.adobe.com/support/contribute/.