Adobe 65011817 - Fireworks CS4 - Mac Using Manual page 94

USING FIREWORKS CS4
Working with vector objects
Expand a selected object's stroke
You can convert the stroke of a selected path into a closed path. The result creates the illusion of a path with no fill and
a stroke that takes on the same attributes as the original object's fill.
Note: Expanding the stroke of a path that intersects itself can produce interesting results. If the original path contains a
fill, the intersecting portions of the path will not contain a fill after the stroke is expanded.
1 Select Modify > Alter Path > Expand Stroke.
Set the width of the resulting closed path.
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Select a corner type.
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4 If you chose miter, set the miter limit (the point at which a miter corner automatically becomes a beveled corner).
The miter limit is the ratio of miter corner length to stroke width.
Select an end cap option, and then click OK.
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Contract or expand a path
Select Modify > Alter Path > Inset Path.
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Select a direction to contract or expand the path:
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Contracts the path.
Inside
Expands the path.
Outside
Set the width between the original path and the contracting or expanding path.
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4 Select a corner type.
If you chose miter, set the miter limit.
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Click OK.
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