Cs4 to cs5.5, is CSS improved?

Hi,
I'm about to design our site from tables to css, and spend some time learning how to do it.
I tried a few years ago to use CSS with CS4 Web Standard suit to use it and it got too hard.. my fault.
My question is purely about CSS funtionality, has much changed from CS4 to CS5.5?
Thanks all
cheers
Dave

Hi
My question is purely about CSS funtionality, has much changed from CS4 to CS5.5?
The code hinting, etc. now contains the css3 properties and the ability to 'hide' selected portions of css code, but if you mean will it help you more than in CS4 then my answer would have to be no.
PZ

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