Importing Text - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Importing text

You can copy text from a source document and paste into the current Fireworks document, or
you can drag it from the source to the current document. You can also open or import an entire
text file in Fireworks.
Fireworks can import RTF (rich text format) and ASCII (plain text) formats.
To open or import a text file:
Choose File > Open or File > Import.
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Navigate to the folder containing the file.
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Choose the file and click OK.
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Photoshop text
You can open or import a Photoshop file containing text. You can also copy text from a
Photoshop file and paste into the current Fireworks document or drag it from the Photoshop file
to the current document.For more information, see Fireworks Help.
RTF files
When importing RTF text, Fireworks maintains these attributes:
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Font, size, and style (bold, italic, underline)
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Alignment (left, right, center, justified)
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Leading
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Baseline shift
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Range kerning
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Horizontal scale
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Color of the first character
All other RTF information is ignored.
In Fireworks, you cannot import RTF text by copying and pasting or dragging and dropping.
ASCII text
You can import ASCII text using any of the import methods. Imported ASCII text is set to the
current default font, 12 pixels high, and to the current fill color.
Handling missing fonts
If you open a document in Fireworks that contains fonts not installed on your computer,
Fireworks asks if you want to replace the fonts or maintain their appearance. This is useful if you
share files with users on other computers that may not have the same fonts installed.
Choosing Maintain Appearance replaces the text with a bitmap image that represents the
appearance of the text in its original font. You can still edit the text, but when you do so,
Fireworks replaces the bitmap image with a font that's installed on your system. This can cause
the appearance of the text to change.
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