# Dreamweaver knowledge needed!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-knowledge-needed/21091>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [May 16, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-knowledge-needed/21091 "2003-05-16T22:16:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![RussianBeer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/russianbeer/32/152_2.png) [@RussianBeer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RussianBeer)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-knowledge-needed/21091/1 "2003-05-16T22:16:38Z")

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Hi there again,

A few threads ago I was conviced that layers are incredibly evil…  
So I decided not to use them. (I created the whole site in FW first) I got in Dreamweaver, no I turned a few slices in to backgrounds, so I can type over them, but it turns I can only type from the middle of the slice!? What can i do about this, or is there a better way to have text over an image or such background?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-knowledge-needed/21091/2 "2003-05-16T23:06:27Z")

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can you post an example screenshot or html file???

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-knowledge-needed/21091/3 "2003-05-16T23:56:16Z")

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Sure… I tried setting the layers as static… but still… look:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-knowledge-needed/21091/4 "2003-05-16T23:57:49Z")

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And here is the Preview… within the EI browser

See because the text starts in the middle of the slice… it ends up way down…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-knowledge-needed/21091/5 "2003-05-17T01:33:49Z")

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are you using tables??? if so you can make a bg image for the table and type in the table normally just play with the vert and horiz settings of the table as shown in the attached file :beam:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dreamweaver-knowledge-needed/21091/6 "2003-05-17T01:35:57Z")

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exactly what I was going to say