MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 182

Auto-naming slice files
If you do not enter a slice name in either the Property inspector or the Layers panel, Fireworks
reverts to auto-naming. Auto-naming assigns a unique name to each slice file automatically based
on the default naming convention.
To auto-name a slice file:
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When you export your sliced image, enter a name in the File Name (Windows) or Name
(Macintosh) text box in the Export dialog box. Do not add a file extension. Fireworks
automatically adds file extensions to slice files upon export.
Changing the default auto-naming convention
You can change the naming convention for slices from the Document Specific tab in the HTML
Setup dialog box.
Fireworks lets you specify your own naming convention using a wide range of naming options.
You can create a naming convention that contains up to eight elements. An element can consist of
any of the following auto-naming options.
Option
None
doc.name
"slice"
Slice # (1,2,3...)
Slice # (01,02,03...)
Slice # (A,B,C...)
Slice # (a,b,c...)
row/column (r3_c2,
r4_c7...)
Underscore
Period
Space
Hyphen
For example, if the document name is mydoc, the naming convention doc.name + "slice" + Slice
# (A,B,C...) results in a slice called mydocsliceA. Chances are that you will never require a naming
convention that uses all eight elements.
If a slice has more than one frame, by default Fireworks adds a number to each frame's file. For
example, if you enter the custom slice filename home for a three-state button, then Fireworks
names the Up state graphic home.gif, the Over state graphic home_f2.gif, and the Down state
graphic home_f3.gif. You can create your own naming convention for multiframe slices using the
HTML Setup dialog box.
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Description
No name is applied to the element.
The element takes the name of the document.
You can insert the word "slice" into the naming convention.
The element is labeled numerically or alphabetically, according to the
style you choose.
Row (r##) and Col (c##) designate the rows and columns of the table that
web browsers use to reconstruct a sliced image. You can use this
information in the naming convention.
The element uses any of these characters typically as separators between
other elements.