Dreamweaver is a truly horrid piece of software. Your client will likely butcher your finely crafted design with it. Oh well, if that's what your client wants then that's what you have to give them I guess.
I had a similar situation recently and I had to figure out the same problem. It turns out that the templating system in Dreamweaver is quite simple if you read the instructions. I tried figuring it out by myself and got lost, but some googling showed up some really simple instructions. I've lost them, but here's some of my own:
1. Make a basic page as per normal as a .html file.
2. Open your basic .html page in Dreamweaver
3. Remove any content which your client will need to change
4. Choose "Save as template" and save the template
5. Place the cursor where you want the editable region to be
6. Go to Modify >> Template >> New Editable Region
7. Enter a name for the Editable region, preferably something which explains what that area is for
8. Er, that's about it
The client can then add new pages and choose to use the template you provided them with to generate all of the content apart from the editable regions. The non editable regions will be in grey and they won't be able to edit them without messing with the original template file.
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