Can't select code text

Hello all,
I'm new to dreamweaver and searched the forum, but couldn't
find an answer. I am helping out a friend who has a HTML website
that was done by someone else. He wants me to simply change the
background image. I open it in dreamweaver and when I move the
mouse of the image I get the "circle with a slash" symbol, i.e. its
not selectable. If I go to the coding area, all of the text is
grayed out and I can't select it.
I know this thing must be "locked" somehow, but have no idea
how to unlock it.
Can someone help out this very green newbie?
Thanks,
Danny

Danny,
Without the code to look at I am guessing. Is the page a
template and are you trying to access a locked uneditable area? Is
the background image applied using css (which I recommend that it
is whatever your answer!)?
Check those points and come back to the forum with your code
if you can't figure it out.
regards
Nick Barling
www.barkingweb.com

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