i currently use dreamweaver mx for my website coding as it simplified some of my redundant tasks (i use it as a glorified text editor since notepad became a hassle)
I think it would be a good thing to start with as it is a wysiwyg editor that allows for more control and cleaner code than what front page gives you. Since you are also new in learning HTML dreamweaver also has reference help files on html code and css which can always help your site. It also has tutorials to help you get started and to show you some things that you can do. Plus, if you feel daring i think it has FTP built in so you can integrate it into your site (assuming you have FTP) Dreamweaver will grow with you as your skills get better. I would suggest getting that over anything else (besides notepad of course
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