I wonder if anyone can help? I have surfed the web and found loads of specialised programs and DW extensions designed to create menus in webpages. However, they are either very expensive and/or the demo will not allow you to a) create a sample menu structure and b) actually place it in a webpage "exactly" where you want it. How does everyone else manage? Can you create a decent menu navigate from within DW8 like spry in CS4? help! many thanks

There aren't many here who use DW. But "expensive" or "will not allow" seems odd to me. Since Spry is something DW, have you tried to google for "spry menu"? You might want to start at Adobe, being the owners of DW.

For other menus using (CSS styled) lists, see http://css.maxdesign.com.au/