If you want something full-featured with both a "preview pane" and text editor, go for Dreamweaver MX 2004. If you want something simple/free and you don't want to spend a lot of money, use Notepad, Wordpad, or "Taco HTML Edit" if you're on a Mac like me.
Hope that helps...
Hey all, I'm getting ready to jump into the wonderful world of web design, and I was just wondering what everyone uses?? I'm not HTML proficient.....YET, but will want to use it as I go because I understand it will help in having a more solid site. So I'm boggled as to which editor/builder to get. So maybe if I knew what everyone here was using (and possibly "why") it could help me narrow my search!!! Please!!

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