Adobe Fireworks CS3 Manuale Utente
ADOBE FIREWORKS CS3
User Guide
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To place instances of a button symbol in a document:
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Open the Library panel.
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Drag the button symbol to the document.
To place additional instances of a button symbol in a document, do one of the following:
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Select an instance, and then select Edit > Clone to place another instance directly in front of the selected instance.
The new instance becomes the selected object.
The new instance becomes the selected object.
Cloning button instances is convenient when you create an aligned nav bar, because you can move the clones in
one direction with the arrow keys while maintaining alignment with the other position coordinate.
one direction with the arrow keys while maintaining alignment with the other position coordinate.
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Drag another button instance from the Library panel to the document.
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Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) an instance on the canvas to create another button instance.
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Copy an instance and then paste additional instances.
Importing button symbols
Button symbols in the Library panel are document-specific. If you have an open document with symbols in the
Library panel and then create a new document, the Library panel in the new document will be empty. However, there
are several ways to import button symbols into a document’s Library panel, either from a library or from another
Fireworks document.
Library panel and then create a new document, the Library panel in the new document will be empty. However, there
are several ways to import button symbols into a document’s Library panel, either from a library or from another
Fireworks document.
To import button symbols into a document’s Library panel, do one of the following:
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Drag and drop a button instance from another Fireworks document into the document.
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Cut and paste a button instance from another Fireworks document into the document.
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Import button symbols from a Fireworks PNG file.
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Export button symbols from another Fireworks document to a PNG library file, and then import button symbols
from the PNG library file into the document.
from the PNG library file into the document.
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Select Edit > Libraries and import button symbols into the document’s Library panel from the button libraries on
the submenu. These libraries contain a wide variety of premade button symbols prepared by Adobe.
the submenu. These libraries contain a wide variety of premade button symbols prepared by Adobe.
You import and export button symbols just as you import and export animation and graphic symbols. For more
information, see “Importing symbols” on page 194 and “Exporting symbols” on page 195.
information, see “Importing symbols” on page 194 and “Exporting symbols” on page 195.
Editing button symbols
Fireworks button symbols are a special kind of symbol. They have two kinds of properties: some properties change
in all instances when you edit an instance of the symbol, and other properties affect only the current instance.
in all instances when you edit an instance of the symbol, and other properties affect only the current instance.
Fireworks button symbols let you take advantage of the convenience of symbols yet allow you to edit certain
properties of a button instance, such as text, without affecting other instances.
properties of a button instance, such as text, without affecting other instances.
Editing symbol-level properties
You edit button symbols in the Button Editor. The instance properties that you can modify are those that are
typically consistent among buttons in a nav bar:
typically consistent among buttons in a nav bar:
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Modifications to graphical appearance such as stroke color and type, fill color and type, path shape, and images
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Live Filters or opacity applied to individual objects in the button symbol