View Controls Toolbar; Using The Toolbars - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 2-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Opacity and blending mode in detail
Use the Object inspector to set opacity and blending
mode. Opacity and blending modes are important in
the process of compositing. Compositing is the process
of varying the transparency of two or more overlapping
objects to create a variety of graphic elements. An
opacity setting of 100 renders an object completely
opaque. Conversely, an opacity setting of 0 renders an
object completely transparent.
To Do this
Set the opacity of a Set the value using the opacity
single object slider.
Apply the same Group the objects and alter
opacity changes to the group's opacity using the
multiple objects opacity slider.
Return individual Ungroup the objects.
objects to the
previous opacity
before grouping
Set the blending Choose from the blending
mode of a single mode pop-up.
object
Apply the same Group the objects and alter
blending mode to the group's blending mode
multiple objects using the blending mode pop-
up.
Return individual Ungroup the objects.
objects to the
previous blending
mode before
grouping

View Controls toolbar

Use the View Controls toolbar to change document
magnification and display mode. Click the Preview
Page button to view document dimensions and pixel
resolution.
Note: On the Macintosh, the View controls are located
at the lower-left corner of the document window.

Using the toolbars

Fireworks on Windows has several toolbars:
Toolbox
Main toolbar
Modify toolbar
View Controls toolbar
Each toolbar is moveable and dockable. This section
describes the default location and configuration of the
toolbars.
To show or hide the Toolbox, choose Window > Toolbox.
On Macintosh, use the menu to duplicate functions
found on the Windows Main toolbar and Modify
toolbar.
On Windows, choose Window > Toolbars and choose a
toolbar to show or hide individual toolbars.
Tool Options panel
Options related to the active tool
appear on the Tool Options panel.
Options related to the active tool appear on the Tool
Options panel.
The Tool Options panel contains settings for all
Fireworks tools. For example, the Pointer tool options,
shown above, include Mouse Highlight and Preview
Drag. Double-click a tool in the Toolbox to open and
close the Tool Options panel.
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