MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 195

Choose the Button symbol type.
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Click OK.
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The new button is added to the library.
Tip: You can also convert four-frame animations to buttons. Simply select all four objects, and each is
placed on its own button state.
Inserting buttons into a document
You can insert instances of button symbols into a document from the Library panel.
To place instances of a button symbol in a document:
Open the Library panel.
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Drag the button symbol to the document.
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To place additional instances of a button symbol in a document, do one of the following:
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Select an instance, and then choose Edit > Clone to place another instance directly in front of
the selected instance. The new instance becomes the selected object.
Tip: Cloning button instances is convenient when you create an aligned nav bar, because you can
move the clones in one direction with the arrow keys while maintaining alignment with the other
position coordinate.
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Drag another button instance from the Library panel to the document.
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Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) an instance on the canvas to create another
button instance.
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Copy an instance and then paste additional instances.
Importing button symbols
Button symbols in the Library panel are document-specific. If you have an open document with
symbols in the Library panel and then create a new document, the Library panel in the new
document will be empty. However, there are several ways to import button symbols into a
document's Library panel, either from a library or from another Fireworks document.
To import button symbols into a document's Library panel, do one of the following:
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Drag and drop a button instance from another Fireworks document into the document.
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Cut and paste a button instance from another Fireworks document into the document.
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Import button symbols from a Fireworks PNG file.
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Export button symbols from another Fireworks document to a PNG library file, and then
import button symbols from the PNG library file into the document.
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Choose Edit > Libraries and import button symbols into the document's Library panel from
the button libraries on the submenu. These libraries contain a wide variety of premade button
symbols prepared by Macromedia.
You import and export button symbols just as you import and export animation and graphic
symbols. For more information, see
on page 163.
"Importing symbols" on page 162 and "Exporting symbols"
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