Using The Swatches Panel - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 2-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Using the Swatches panel

Choose Window > Swatches to display the Swatches
panel, which contains a group of colors. Click a color
swatch to choose a stroke, fill, or effect color for selected
objects and objects to be drawn later.
Note: The Swatches panel displays the current
Fireworks palette, not the current document's palette.
When the cursor points to a swatch, it becomes one of
three Eyedropper tool icons. Clicking a swatch
automatically assigns that color to the active color well
and applies the color to the stroke, fill, or effect of all
selected objects.
This eyedropper Applies a color to
The stroke color well and the
stroke of each selected object.
The fill color well and the fill of
each selected object.
The effect color well and the
effect of each selected object.
By default, the Swatches panel contains the Web 216
color palette. Choose alternative color palettes or
customize a palette using the Swatches panel Options
pop-up.
Customizing palettes
To add the active color to the current palette:
Move the cursor to the open space after the last
1
swatch on the Swatches panel.
The cursor becomes the paint bucket cursor.
Click to add the swatch.
2
Choosing Edit > Undo does not undo swatch
additions or deletions.
To replace a swatch with the active color:
Hold down Shift and point to a swatch.
1
The cursor becomes the paint bucket cursor.
Click the swatch.
2
The active color replaces the original swatch.
To delete a swatch from the palette:
Hold down Control (Windows) or Command
1
(Macintosh) and point to a swatch.
The cursor becomes the scissors cursor.
Click the swatch to delete it.
2
To clear the entire Swatches panel, choose Clear
Swatches from the Swatches panel Options pop-up.
To append a palette to the current palette:
Choose Add Swatches from the Options pop-up.
1
A File dialog box opens.
Choose a palette file.
2
Fireworks adds swatches from either of two types of
files: Photoshop ACO palette files and GIFs. The
new swatches are appended to the end of the
current swatches.
To Do this
Revert a color Reselect the color palette from
palette to its the Options pop-up.
original swatches
Save a custom Choose Save Palette from the
palette Swatches panel Options pop-
up, and then either name the
new palette or leave the
previous name to replace the
original palette.
Use the current Choose Current Export Palette
custom color palette from the Swatches panel
from the Export Options pop-up.
Preview dialog box
Note: Except when displaying Current Export Palette,
the Swatches panel is unrelated to the Export Preview
swatch display. For more information about swatches in
the Export Preview, as well as optimizing color palettes,
see "Options panel" on page 95.
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