Layers in CS4

New to CS4 and not well versed in HTML. Sometime back in an older version of DW I used layers to position photos and text on a web page. I now have CS4 and cannot figure out how to create a layer. Help menu says to simply Click on Insert>Layout Objects>Layers from the menu bar. Problem is I do not have a layers option in my menu bar.
What am I missing?
imac v 10.5.7

The use of AP divs is not a good way to layout a page... here's why:
http://apptools.com/examples/pagelayout101.php
Here are some links that will help you along the path to the correct way of creating a web page:
http://www.w3schools.com/
This is a good reference site for all things HTML/CSS. You should really have at least a basic understanding of HTML or CSS or using Dreamweaver will lead to much frustration.
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/dreamweaver/css.html
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/tableless_layout_dw8.html
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/css_concepts.html

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> The first was to Create a Class for the layers called
"Hand", so that when
> the
> user moved the cursor over the layer(or image),it would
turn into the hand
> icon.
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> The second problem, was with Behaviors. To change
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> "Show-Hide
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>I have Dreamweaver CS4 setup on a new Win XP Pro computer
with 1gb of
>memory.
>
> I was setting up a webpage that would act like a manual
photogallery. The
> user by clicking on one image could change to the next
image.
>
> Everything was done using AP Div and hiding all the
layers except the
> first
> one. This all went well until I tried do two things.
>
> The first was to Create a Class for the layers called
"Hand", so that when
> the
> user moved the cursor over the layer(or image),it would
turn into the hand
> icon.
>
> Normally I would done this by:
> Open the page with the layers, then in code view, put
the cursor on any
> layer
> name. In the Property Selector, in the Class Box choose
"Manage Styles".
> From
> here I could create a Class named Hand and apply it to
all the layers.
>
> In CS4 this is NOT an option and I need to know how to
get to the option
> called "Manage Styles". Another option (general) is how
to create a New
> Class
> for layers in CS4.
>
> The second problem, was with Behaviors. To change
images, I used
> "Show-Hide
> Elements" with trigger being "onClick". That did NOT
work.
>
> That not working, I switched to the trigger
"onDblClick". This did work.
> Is
> this a glich in CS4 or something I can fix? I see this
as a minor thing
> and
> was just wondering.
>
> BTW Adobe did a nice job grouping the CSS Styles, AP
Elements and Tag
> Inspector Panels. Saves space and is very nice way to
set it up.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> If needed sample pages can be put on the web to see the
code.
>

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