Dreamweaver CS4 Locked region template

Hi I am a Webdeign 2 student and I am suppose to make a template from scratch using DreamWeaver CS4. I am having trouble with what I am suppose to do. Heres my code that I have:
Header
Body
Nav Bar
Text Area
Footer
My assingment is that I have at least one editable region and at least one locked region.
I don't know how to lock a region could anyone help?

How about starting with the Help files? http://help.adobe.com/en_US/dreamweaver/cs/using/WScbb6b82af5544594822510a94ae8d65-7ab7a.h tml

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