MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 2-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 20

Object inspector
Use the Object inspector to set characteristics such as
opacity, blending mode, and placement of the brush
stroke in relation to a path. The Object inspector
contains status information for selected objects. The
Object inspector operates in one of eight different
modes, depending on the object type selected.
Components of the Object inspector
The different iterations of the Object inspector share
common elements, as shown in the table below. These
elements will become familiar as you work with various
object types.
Use To
Object Opacity Set the opacity of a
single object
Blending Mode Set an object's
blending mode
Stroke Settings Control the
interaction of an
object's stroke and
fill
Transformation Transform text as
Method pixels or as paths
Group Type Define object
group as mask or
traditional group
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Object type
Link to URL
Alt tag
Color well
Slice name
When
selecting
Anything
except
hotspot or
slice objects.
Anything
except
hotspot or
slice objects.
Any text or
path object.
Text.
Grouped
objects.
Use To
Clipping path Define how the
setting mask group
appears
Export Settings Assign export
presets to exported
slice objects
Link to URL Assign URLs
Alt tag Assign alternative
tag to be used
when the image is
unavailable
Link target Specify the
window or frame
in which the link is
displayed
Color well Set color
Hotspot shape Choose to change
the shape of a
hotspot object
Auto-name Choose default or
custom slice names
When
selecting
A mask
group.
Slice objects.
Slice objects
and hotspot
objects.
Slice objects
and hotspot
objects.
Slice objects
and hotspot
objects.
Slice objects
and hotspot
objects.
Hotspot
objects.
Slice objects.