Adobe 65011817 - Fireworks CS4 - Mac Using Manual page 78

USING FIREWORKS CS4
Working with vector objects
Add arrowheads to a line
Draw or select a line.
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2 Select Commands > Creative > Add Arrowheads.
Set the following:
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• Select Add To Start and Add To End as necessary and set the arrowhead style.
• Select Apply Stroke and Solid Fill as necessary.
Adjust the position of a basic shape as you draw it
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While holding down the mouse button, press and hold the spacebar (rectangle or ellipses only), and then drag the
object to another location on the canvas. Release the Spacebar to continue drawing the object.
Resize a selected line, rectangle, or ellipse
Scaling a vector object does not change its stroke width. Objects resize proportionally.
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Do one of the following:
• Enter new width (W) or height (H) values in the Property inspector or the Info panel.
• In the Select section of the Tools panel, select the Scale tool and drag a corner transform handle.
• Select Modify > Transform > Scale and drag a corner transform handle, or select Modify > Transform >
Numeric Transform and enter new dimensions.
• Drag a corner point on a rectangle.
Draw basic rounded rectangles
You specify corner roundness in either percentage or pixels. When specifying roundness in pixels, the maximum value
is half the length of the shortest rectangle side; higher values have no increased effect.
For information on preserving the rectangle roundness while scaling the object, see
In the Vector section of the Tools panel, select the Rectangle tool.
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Drag on the canvas to draw the rectangle.
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3 In the Property inspector, choose percentage or pixels from the pop-up menu to the right of the Roundness box.
Set the percentage using the slider or enter a value from 0 to 100 in the box. If you chose pixels, you can enter up to
half the length of the shortest rectangle side.
Press the Up or Right arrow keys while dragging to get rounded corners. Use Down or Left Arrow keys to reduce
the curve.
Draw a basic polygon
The Polygon tool draws equilateral polygons (including triangles), starting from a center point.
In the Vector section of the Tools panel, select the Polygon tool.
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2 In the Property inspector, do one of the following to specify the number of sides:
• Use the Sides pop-up slider to select 3 - 25.
• Enter a number from 3 to 360 in the Sides box.
3 Drag to draw the polygon.
To constrain a polygon's orientation to increments of 45°, hold down Shift as you draw.
Last updated 3/8/2011
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