Design view (CS3) is completely highlighted - can't edit content

On one of the websites I have developed, when I go to Design view and click on the content I want to revise, all content and photos are highlighted, so I can't just edit one word or sentence. I have to go to Code view and search for that content in order to change it, meaning I don't have the ease of adding links in the Design view, etc. One of the web pages with this problem is: http://www.greenkarat.com/TEST_NEW/about/education.asp, which validates. The CSS is http://www.greenkarat.com/TEST_NEW/css/greenkarat.css, which also validates. Below is a screen print of the design view that doesn't allow me to edit. How can I clear this up? Thank you. P.S. If I "temporarily" remove one of the closing div tags - </div>, I can then edit in the Design view, but I need to add the div tag back in before I upload the file to the server. If the div tag is not added back in, the page does not validate

http://www.greenkarat.com/TEST_NEW/about/education.asp is a dead link (404 error).
Can you re-upload so we can see the page?

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quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
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> Are you using includes or scripted includes?
>
> there are several pairs of <body> tags, which will
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>
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>>
>>
http://www.walsallva.org.uk/NEWSITE/index.php
>>
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>

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> "Fixed" ... sort of.
>
> First, I apologize that I posted this in the dynamic
HTML section, I
> missed
> the dynamic part for some reason.
>
> It seems that dreamweaver did not like having
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> region.
> After removing that, I can now see the design in
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>
> Eric
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