How do I move things in my desktop?

My desktop seems frozen. I cannot move files into my folders, or move files/folders around. There are things in my trash I want to move to my desktop that I cannot. Nothing will move.

Hold down the Power button for 5-10 seconds to shutdown the computer. Wait one minute. Restart the computer into Safe Mode then restart normally. Safe mode startup is much slower than a normal one, so be patient.
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How do you move things?

I'm brand new to DW8. I took an online course from a
technical college and I've gone through all of the tutorials. I'm
from a 14 year graphic design background (Photoshop and Quark) so I
kind of expected DW to be a little more intuitive.
So the question is... Is there a way to move text and images
where you want them? From my background with PS and Quark you just
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So, am I missing something? I would assume that this is
everyone's first problem... unless they grew up on MSWord and don't
expect to really do much.
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went about a dozen pages deep on this forum and didn't really find
anything. I see the very thing I'm talking about on most web sites.
How do they do it? How do they put text in a button and that text
is not a graphic? How do they put images or anything on top of
another image. For example, how do you insert a background image
and then put anything on top of it? All I can do is put images or
text NEXT TO other images and text. In fact, that seems to be the
only option.
Sorry, I know my own ignorance is the problem, but its so
frustrating.
Thank you,
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I trust you intended a significant level of disrespect to the
teacher and
the institution. :-)
Walt
"joeq" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:gfv5jd$62$[email protected]..
> for starters, and i mean no disrespect by this, i'd ask
for your money
> back on
> the course you took.
>
> did they teach the basics of css or table-based layouts?
divs? rows?
> cells?
> anything of the sort?
>
> i'd start from square one with the help files built into
dw. they will get
> you
> far.
>
>
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
daycaesar
>
> I'm brand new to DW8. I took an online course from a
technical college and
> I've gone through all of the tutorials. I'm from a 14
year graphic design
> background (Photoshop and Quark) so I kind of expected
DW to be a little
> more
> intuitive.
>
> So the question is... Is there a way to move text and
images where you
> want
> them? From my background with PS and Quark you just move
them. If I want
> text
> over (or on top of) an image, I just move it there. For
the most part I
> can
> move it a little. I can align it, lol. Can you move
images around? On top
> of
> each other?
>
> So, am I missing something? I would assume that this is
everyone's first
> problem... unless they grew up on MSWord and don't
expect to really do
> much.
>
> I kept waiting to cover this in the tutorial or the
class. I went about a
> dozen pages deep on this forum and didn't really find
anything. I see the
> very
> thing I'm talking about on most web sites. How do they
do it? How do they
> put
> text in a button and that text is not a graphic? How do
they put images or
> anything on top of another image. For example, how do
you insert a
> background
> image and then put anything on top of it? All I can do
is put images or
> text
> NEXT TO other images and text. In fact, that seems to be
the only option.
>
> Sorry, I know my own ignorance is the problem, but its
so frustrating.
>
> Thank you,
> Tom
>
>
>

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