Applying Strokes, Fills, And Effects To Text - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

To expand or contract selected characters:
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In the Property inspector, drag the Horizontal Scale pop-up slider or enter a value in the text
box. Drag the slider higher than 100% to expand the width or height of the characters, and
drag it lower to reduce their width or height.
Setting baseline shift
Baseline shift determines how closely text sits above or below its natural baseline. If there is no
baseline shift, the text sits on the baseline. You can use baseline shift to create subscript and
superscript characters.
The baseline shift controls are in the Property inspector. Baseline shift is measured in pixels.
Baseline Shift option in the Property inspector
To set baseline shift for selected text:
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In the Property inspector, drag the Baseline Shift pop-up slider or enter a value in the text box
to specify how low or high, respectively, Fireworks should place the subscript or superscript
text. Enter positive values to create superscript characters. Enter negative values to create
subscript characters.

Applying strokes, fills, and effects to text

You can apply strokes, fills, and effects to text in a selected text block as you would to any other
object. You can apply any style in the Styles panel to text, even if it is not a text style. You can also
create a new style by saving text attributes.
After you create text, it remains editable in Fireworks. Strokes, fills, effects, and styles are updated
automatically as you edit the text.
Text with stroke, fill, effect, and style applied
You can apply solid text color to highlighted text in a text block. However, stroke attributes, Live
Effects, and nonsolid fill attributes such as gradient fills are applied to all text in a selected text
block, not just to the highlighted text.
For more information about strokes and fills, see
on page 97. For more information about using styles, see
information about Live Effects, see
The Text tool does not retain stroke or Live Effect settings when you create a new text block.
However, you can save stroke, fill, and Live Effects attributes that you apply to text for reuse as a
style in the Styles panel. Saving text attributes as a style saves only the attributes, not the text itself.
Chapter 5, "Applying Color, Strokes, and Fills,"
"Applying Live Effects" on page
Applying strokes, fills, and effects to text
"Using styles" on page
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