Finding And Replacing Urls; Symbols And Instances; Creating A Symbol - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 2-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Finding and Replacing URLs

Find & Replace URLs panel
Choose URL from the Attributes pop-up of the Find
and Replace panel to search for and replace URLs
assigned to web objects in Fireworks documents.
Enter or choose the URL to be replaced in the Find
field. Enter or choose the replacement URL in the
Change to field. The Find and Change to pop-ups
display all URLs present in the active document.
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Symbols and instances

Use symbols and instances to simplify Fireworks
animations and improve editability. Instances are
representations of an original Fireworks object, which is
designated as the symbol. When the symbol object (the
original) is edited, the instances (copies) automatically
change to reflect the modifications to the symbol.
Use symbols and instances to:
Simplify modifications to existing animations by
changing only the symbol object and having the
instance objects update automatically.
Easily modify complex illustrations containing
multiple copies of objects.
Share components across rollover states.

Creating a symbol

Create a symbol from any object, text, or group. Choose
Insert > Symbol to turn one or more selected objects into
a symbol. To add objects to an existing symbol, select the
symbol and the objects and choose Insert > Symbol
Options > Add to Symbol. Symbols cannot include
instances and other symbols.
A plus icon represents a
symbol object.