Reconnecting templates, styles, shapes, etc.

Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to relink DVDSP templates, styles, shapes, etc. as I've moved them to a new location on an external drive. I've done this with Soundtrack Pro and Livetype with no problems, but for some reason I can't figure out DVDSP4.
I did try clicking Import in the Shapes tab, but it moved the shapes into the custom tab area, which isn't right. And also the templates tab doesn't have an import button, so i figure that isn't the correct method.
Can I do this? Or do I have to leave the files on the same drive as the application?

Thank you Drew! Looking for Palette Elements under Destinations was far from intuitive and I came here (rather than open the Manual where it is all explained).
I hope the OP is happy now.

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multiplexed2 wrote:
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> My issue is in getting the three
> sections (left-column, center content, right-column) to
have the same
> height so
> the bottoms line up.
There is no non-javascript way to do this. Google "faux
columns" for a nice
workaround.
> like you'd want for a template page
I'm worried that you don't quite understand how templates
work when you say
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to be
uneditable.
> Should I be looking to accomplish this another way?
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> Go SBI!!! My first site is ranked #9 on google and #14
on Yahoo!!!
>
> Okay, hello everyone, I could use some help. I'm stuck
after lots of
> attempts.
> I am working on a new website using Dreamweaver. I have
read most of
> 1,100-page
> DW Bible, but reading and implementing properly are two
different things.
>
> I have 90% of my template file done. It has a header and
footer and
> inbetween
> the content will site between two side colums (the left
side will contain
> the
> nav bar and the right sidde misc info). My issue is in
getting the three
> sections (left-column, center content, right-column) to
have the same
> height so
> the bottoms line up.
>
> The issue is that each page varies in length based on
the amount of
> content.
> Absolute seems to work, but I must be able to edit it
from within each
> page
> individually. Here is the difficulty I'm having.
>
> I'm trying to setup my main page as a template so
changes to items like
> the
> navbar get updated automatically throughout the
webpages. Since the navbar
> sits
> within the left column (which contains CSS style codes
such as border
> width,
> float, etc.) and I've gone in and chosen an editable
area within that
> column,
> it makes everything else uneditable (like you'd want for
a template page).
>
> But it also makes it impossible to edit that one height
property. My main
> goal
> is to have the left center and right areas all lined up
at the bottom and
> to be
> able to make changes to the master navbar and have it
change all pages.
>
> Should I be looking to accomplish this another way?
>
>

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