Using Path Operations To Reshape Paths; Drawing In Object Mode - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 2-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

To bend only one adjacent segment, leaving the other
segment unedited, hold down Alt (Windows) or
Option (Macintosh) and drag a point handle from the
point with the Subselection tool.

Using path operations to reshape paths

A powerful way to create complex paths is to use path
operations to combine or alter paths.
Use To
Union Combine two or more closed paths
into a single path enclosing the entire
area of the original paths. Stroke and
fill attributes of the back object are
applied to the resulting path.
Intersect Create a path enclosing the area
common to all selected, closed paths.
Stroke and fill attributes of the back
object are applied to the resulting
path.
Punch Remove portions of selected, closed
paths below the frontmost, closed
path. Stroke and fill attributes remain
unchanged.
Crop Remove portions of selected, closed
paths outside the area of the
frontmost, closed path. Stroke and fill
attributes remain unchanged.
Simplify Remove points from a path while
maintaining the same overall shape.
Expand Convert the perimeter of the stroke of
Stroke the selected path into a closed path.
Inset Path Expand or contract one or more closed
paths by a specified amount.
To apply a path operation, first select objects. Then,
choose one of the path operation commands from the
Modify > Combine or Modify > Alter Path submenus.
Applying Union, Intersect, Punch, or Crop to objects
may yield a composite path, which consists of individual
paths joined together.
Note: Using a path operation removes all pressure and
speed information from the affected paths.
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Drawing in object mode

Draw paths in any of three ways:
Use the Brush tool or Pencil tool to draw freeform
paths.
Use the Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, or Polygon tool to
draw paths by dragging.
Use the Pen tool to draw paths by plotting points.
Drawing by dragging
Line tool
To draw using the Line tool or a basic shape tool, hold
down the mouse button to start a path, drag to draw,
and release the mouse button to complete the path.
Use Shift with the
Rectangle tool
Ellipse tool
Polygon tool
Line tool
Pencil tool
Brush tool
Basic shape tools
To constrain shapes to
Squares.
Circles.
Polygons oriented at
increments of 45 degrees.
Lines at increments of 45
degrees.
Horizontal or vertical lines.
Horizontal or vertical lines.