MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 61

To set the inner radius of a selected doughnut to zero:
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Click the reset radius control point.
Adjusting pie Auto Shapes
Pie Auto Shapes initially have three control points. There are control points for dividing the shape
into slices, adjusting slice size, and for resetting the pie to one slice. You can add as many sections
as you want using control points. For each new section, Fireworks adds a control point for
resizing or splitting the new section.
To add sections to a selected pie:
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Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) a drag-to-segment control point on the outer
perimeter of the shape.
To resize a slice of a selected pie:
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Drag a drag-to-segment control point on the outer perimeter of the shape.
To reset the a selected pie to one slice:
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Click the Reset control point.
Adjusting L-shaped Auto Shapes
L-shapes have four control points. There are control points for adjusting the length and width of
each section of the L-shape, and for adjusting the roundness of the L-shape's bend.
To change the length or width of a selected L-shape's section:
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Drag one of the two length/width control points.
To adjust the roundness of the corners of a selected L-shape:
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Drag the corner radius control point.
Adjusting smart polygon Auto Shapes
Smart Polygons initially appear as pentagons with four control points. There are control points
for resizing and rotating, adding or removing polygon segments, increasing or decreasing the
number of polygon sides, and adding an inner polygon to the shape to create a ring.
To resize or rotate a selected smart polygon, do one of the following:
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Drag the scale/rotate control point.
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Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) the scale/rotate control point to rotate only.
To add or remove sections from a selected smart polygon:
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Drag the sections control point.
To change the number of sides on a selected smart polygon:
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Drag the sides control point.
To split a selected smart polygon into segments.
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Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) the sides control point.
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