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These are the Common Objects in Dreamweaver's Objects Panel.

The objects that are found here are, in order from left to right and from top to bottom

1. Insert Image.
   Inserts your choice of GIF, JPG or PNG image at the present cursor location.
2. Insert Rollover Image.
   Prompts for your choice of two images: one normal and one over state and the associated URL.
3. Insert Table.
   Prompts for your choice of table configuration including number of rows, columns, width, border, padding and spacing.
4. Insert Tabular Data.
   Permits to import raw delimited data into an automatically formatted table.
5. Insert Layer.
   Inserts a browser version 4 compatible layer. Note that layers can easily be converted to tables and back. This gives a great freedom for graphic-design oriented layout as the table code is generally sound, although sometimes rather uselessly bloated. It is safer however to always convert the layers to tables as it ensures maximum compatibility.
6. Insert Navigation Bar.
   Prompts for your choice of navigation bar built within a table configuration including number of buttons, states, url, orientation, preloading and orientation.
7. Insert horizontal rule.
   Inserts a <hr> tag without prompting for further options.
8. Insert Email address.
   Inserts a <mailto:> tag with prompts for text and address options.
9. Insert Date.
   Inserts today's date. Available in various formats with the options to update at the time of saving the file.
10. Insert Server Side Include.
    Prompts for your choice of instructions to the server to include a specified file in the current document before sending the document to the user who requested it.
11. Insert Fireworks HTML.
    Prompts for a HTML file written specifically by Macromedia Fireworks. Useful for navigation bars designed with this graphics program. A similar object for inserting Adobe ImageReady HTML is available for download at lynda.com.
    Note that the .zip file is for PCs and the .hqx is for Macintosh.
12. Insert Flash.
    Prompts for your choice of Flash file. Automatically inserts all the appropriate parameters and references for downloading the plug-in, which can be accessed from the Property inspector.
13. Insert Flash button.
    Inserts your choice of .swf button. Requires the plug-in.
14. Insert Flash text.
    Prompts for the Flash format text you would like to create directly in Dreamweaver. Good for titles as it is limited to 1024 characters. Also requires the plug-in.
15. Insert Shockwave.
    Inserts interactive .swf files created with Macromedia Director. Requires a plug-in.
16. Insert Generator.
    Inserts dynamic content Generator files created with Flash. The files are then served by a Web server running Generator server software.