MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 84

The color of the Fill Color box in the Tools panel changes to reflect the color you sample
with either the eyedropper pointer or the Eyedropper tool, and the color of the selected text
also changes.
Applying color to highlighted text in a text block
You can change the text color of highlighted text in a text block using the Property inspector or
any Fill Color box. You cannot use the Eyedropper tool to edit the color of highlighted text.
Note: If you attempt to apply a stroke or Live Effect to highlighted text in a text block, the entire text
block is automatically selected.
To apply text color only to highlighted text in a text block, do one of the following:
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Click the Fill Color box in the Property inspector and choose a color from the color pop-up
window, or sample a color from anywhere on the screen using the eyedropper pointer while the
Fill Color box pop-up window is open.
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Click the Fill Color box in the Tools panel and choose a color from the color pop-up window,
or sample a color from anywhere on the screen using the eyedropper pointer while the Fill
Color box pop-up window is open.
Setting kerning
Kerning increases or decreases the spacing between certain pairs of letters to improve their
appearance. Most fonts include information that automatically reduces the amount of space
between certain letter pairs, such as "TA" or "Va." Fireworks auto-kerning uses a font's kerning
information when displaying text, but you may want to turn it off at smaller point sizes, or when
the text has no anti-aliasing. Kerning is measured as a percentage.
You can use the Property inspector or the keyboard to set kerning.
To disable automatic kerning:
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In the Property inspector, deselect Auto Kern. If the Property inspector is minimized, click the
expander arrow in the lower right corner to see all properties.
To set kerning:
Do one of the following to select the text you want to kern:
1
Click between two characters with the Text tool.
Use the Text tool to highlight the characters you want to change.
Use the Pointer tool to select an entire text block. Shift-click to select multiple text blocks.
Do one of the following:
2
In the Property inspector, drag the Kerning pop-up slider or enter a percentage in the
text box.
Kerning percentage
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Kerning pop-up slider