MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 157

To create a new style:
Create or select a vector object or text with the stroke, fill, effect, or text attributes you want.
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Click the New Style button at the bottom of the Styles panel.
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Choose the attributes you want to be part of the style from the New Style dialog box.
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Note: To save other text attributes not listed, such as alignment, anti-aliasing, auto-kerning,
horizontal scale, range kerning, and leading, choose the Text Other option.
Name the style if you wish, and click OK.
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An icon depicting the style appears in the Styles panel.
To base a new style on an existing style:
Apply the existing style to a selected object.
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Edit the attributes of the object.
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Save the attributes by creating a new style, as described in the previous procedure.
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To delete a style:
Select a style from the Styles panel.
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Shift-click to select multiple styles; Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh)
to select multiple noncontiguous styles.
Click the Delete Style button in the Styles panel.
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Editing styles
If you want to change the attributes that a style contains, you can edit the style from the
Styles panel.
To edit a style:
Choose Select > Deselect to deselect any objects on the canvas.
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Double-click a style in the Styles panel.
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In the Edit Style dialog box, choose or deselect components of the attributes you wish to apply.
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The Edit Style dialog box contains the same options as the New Style dialog box. For details on
choosing attributes to include in a style, see
Click OK to apply the changes to the style.
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Exporting and importing styles
You may want to share styles with other Fireworks users to save time and maintain consistency.
You can share styles by exporting them for use on other computers.
To export styles:
Select a style from the Styles panel.
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Shift-click to select multiple styles; Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh)
to select multiple noncontiguous styles.
Choose Export Styles from the Styles panel Options menu.
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Enter a name and location for the document that will contain the saved styles.
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Click Save.
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"Creating and deleting styles" on page 156.
Using styles 157