Using The Colors Section Of The Tools Panel; Organizing Swatch Groups And Color Models - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Using the Colors section of the Tools panel

The Colors section of the Tools panel contains controls for activating the Stroke Color and Fill
Color boxes, which in turn determine whether the strokes or fills of selected objects are affected
by color choices. Also, the Colors section has controls for quickly resetting colors to the default,
setting the stroke and fill color settings to None, and swapping fill and stroke colors.
To make the Stroke Color or Fill Color box active:
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Click the icon next to the Stroke Color or Fill Color box in the Tools panel. The active color
box area appears as a depressed button in the Tools panel.
Note: The Paint Bucket tool fills pixel selections and vector objects with the color shown in the Fill
Color box in the Tools panel.
Color boxes in the Tools panel and the color pop-up window
To reset colors to the default:
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Click the Default Colors button in the Tools panel or in the Color Mixer.
To remove the stroke and fill from selected objects using the No Stroke or Fill button:
Click the No Stroke or Fill button in the Colors section of the Tools panel.
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The active characteristic changes to a stroke or fill of None.
To set the inactive characteristic to None as well, click the No Stroke or Fill button again.
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Note: You can also set the fill or stroke of selected objects to None by clicking the Transparent
button in any Fill Color or Stroke Color box pop-up window, or by choosing None from the Fill
Options or Stroke Options pop-up menu in the Property inspector.
To swap fill and stroke colors:
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Click the Swap Colors button in the Tools panel or in the Color Mixer.

Organizing swatch groups and color models

The Swatches panel and Color Mixer combine to form the Colors panel group. In the Swatches
panel you can view, change, create, and edit swatch groups, as well as choose stroke and fill colors.
You can use the Color Mixer to choose a color model, mix stroke and fill colors by dragging color
value sliders or entering color values, and choose stroke and fill colors directly from the color bar.
98 Chapter 5: Applying Color, Strokes, and Fills