MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 186

To create a rectangular or circular hotspot:
Choose the Rectangle Hotspot or Circle Hotspot tool from the Web section of the Tools panel.
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Drag the hotspot tool to draw a hotspot over an area of the graphic. Hold down Alt (Windows)
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or Option (Macintosh) to draw from a center point.
Note: You can adjust the position of a hotspot as you drag to draw it. While holding down the
mouse button, simply press and hold down the Spacebar, then drag the hotspot to another
location on the canvas. Release the Spacebar to continue drawing the hotspot.
To create an odd-shaped hotspot:
Choose the Polygon Hotspot tool.
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Click to place vector points, much as you would draw straight line segments with the Pen tool.
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Whether the path is open or closed, the fill defines the hotspot area.
To create a hotspot by tracing one or more selected objects:
Choose Edit > Insert > Hotspot.
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If you selected more than one object, a message appears asking whether you want to create a
single rectangular hotspot covering all objects or multiple hotspots, one for each object.
Click Single or Multiple. The Web Layer displays the new hotspot or hotspots.
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Editing hotspots
Hotspots are web objects, and like many other objects, they can be edited using the Pointer,
Subselection, and Transform tools. For more information on using these tools to edit a web
object, see "Using tools to edit slice objects" on page
You can change a hotspot's position and size numerically using the Property inspector or the Info
panel. For more information about changing an object's dimensions numerically, see
"Transforming objects numerically" on page
position numerically, see
You can also change a hotspot's shape using the Property inspector.
To convert a selected hotspot to a rectangle, circle, or polygon hotspot:
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In the Property inspector, choose Rectangle, Circle, or Polygon from the Hotspot Shape
pop-up menu.
186 Chapter 9: Slices, Rollovers, and Hotspots
24. For more information about changing an object's
"Editing selected objects" on page
173.
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