Adobe 65011817 - Fireworks CS4 - Mac Using Manual page 178

USING FIREWORKS CS4
Slices, rollovers, and hotspots
An image map with hotspots
Hotspots and image maps are often less resource-intensive than sliced graphics. Slicing requires more processing
power because of the additional HTML code needed to download and reassemble sliced graphics.
Note: It is possible to create a sliced image map. Exporting a sliced image map typically generates many graphic files. For
more information about slicing, see
Create hotspots
• Hotspots are ideal when you want areas of an image to link to other web pages, but you don't need those areas to
highlight or produce rollover effects in response to mouse movement or actions.
• Hotspots and image maps are also ideal when the graphic onto which you've placed your hotspots would be best
exported as a single graphic file—in other words, the entire graphic would best be exported using the same file
format and optimization settings.
• Hotspots can be rectangles, circles, or polygons. Polygons are useful when working with intricate images.
• You can select an object and insert the hotspot over it.
Create a rectangular or circular hotspot
1 Select the Rectangle Hotspot or Circle Hotspot tool from the Web section of the Tools panel.
Drag the hotspot tool to draw a hotspot over an area of the graphic. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS)
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to draw from a center point.
Note: You can adjust the position of a hotspot as you drag to draw it. While holding down the mouse button, press
and hold down the spacebar, and then drag the hotspot to another location on the canvas. Release the Spacebar to
continue drawing the hotspot.
Create an odd-shaped hotspot
Select the Polygon Hotspot tool
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Click to place vector points, much as you would draw straight line segments with the Pen tool. Whether the path is
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open or closed, the fill defines the hotspot area.
"Create rectangular slices" on page 158.
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