Previewing An Animation - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 2-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Looping
Use the Loop settings to determine how many times the
animation plays.
Click To
Set the exported animated GIF
to play once and then stop.
Play once button
Set the exported animated GIF
to replay the animation the
number of times specified in
Loop button the Number of Loops pop-up.
For example, entering 4 plays
the animation the first time,
then replays it four more
times.
Choose Forever from the
Number of Loops pop-up to
play the animation
continuously.
Note: If an animated GIF is set to play only once, the
first frame appears as a static graphic after the
animation has played.
Turning on and turning off frames for
export and playback
Use the Animation panel of the Export Preview to turn
on or turn off frames for export and preview. Choose
File > Export, then click on the Animation tab to view
the Animation panel.
Then, on the Animation panel, click the view/hide
column next to a frame to turn that frame on or off. If a
frame is turned off, it will not be exported with the
animation, nor will it be displayed if the animation is
previewed in Fireworks.
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Export Preview Animation panel

Previewing an animation

Preview animations created in Fireworks in either of
two ways:
Preview an animation in the workspace—
frame controls at the bottom of the document window
to quickly preview an animation without opening the
Export Preview.
Frame rate settings made in the Animation panel of
the Export Preview affect how long each frame is
displayed in the document window.
Frames that are turned off in the Animation panel
of the Export Preview will not be displayed when
previewing the animation.
The animation repeats until stopped, regardless of
the Loop settings in the Export Preview.
The animation preview displays the source graphics
at full resolution, not the optimized 8-bit preview
that will be used for the exported animated GIF.
Use the