MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 162

Importing symbols
Fireworks has symbol libraries in the Edit > Libraries submenu from which you can import
prepared animation symbols, graphic symbols, and button symbols, as well as navigation bars and
multisymbol themes. Using these symbols, you can quickly create a sophisticated web page
containing advanced navigation elements without having to spend time creating original symbols.
To import one or more prepared symbols from a Fireworks symbol library:
Open a Fireworks document.
1
Choose Edit > Libraries and choose a library:
2
opens a collection of animated symbols.
Animations
opens a collection of graphic symbols resembling various list bullets.
Bullets
opens a collection of 2-, 3-, and 4-state Fireworks button symbols.
Buttons
opens a list of animation, graphic, and button symbols; each theme consists of a
Themes
similarly designed and similarly named trio of symbols that are color-coordinated to be
used together.
opens an Open dialog box from which you can navigate to previously exported symbol
Other
library PNG files. For more information, see the next procedure.
In addition, you can import symbols from previously exported library PNG files located on your
hard disk, on a CD, or on a network. For more information about exporting symbols, see
"Exporting symbols" on page
To import symbols from another file into the current document:
Do one of the following:
1
Choose Import Symbols from the Library panel Options menu.
Choose Edit > Libraries > Other.
Navigate to the folder containing the file, choose the file, and click Open.
2
Select the symbols to import and click Import.
3
The imported symbols appear in the Library panel.
You can also import and export individual symbols into and out of the Library panels of multiple
documents by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting instances.
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