Choosing A Font, Size, And Text Style; Inserting Special Characters; Applying Text Color - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

3.
Do one of the following to apply your changes:
Click outside the text block.
Select another tool in the Tools panel.
Press Escape.

Choosing a font, size, and text style

You use the Property inspector to change the font, size, and style attributes of the text in a
text block.
To change the font, size, and style of selected text using the Property
inspector:
1.
To change the font, select a font from the Font pop-up menu.
The fonts that were used most recently appear at the top of the Font pop-up menu.
2.
To change the font size, drag the Font Size pop-up slider or enter a value in the text box.
Font size is measured in points.
3.
To apply a bold, italic, or underline style, click the corresponding style button.

Inserting special characters

You can insert special characters into your text directly from within Fireworks, rather than
having to copy and paste those characters from another source.
To insert special characters:
1.
After creating a text block, click the location inside the text block where you want to insert
a special character.
2.
Select Window > Special Characters.
3.
In the Special Characters panel, select the character you want to insert.

Applying text color

Text color is controlled by the Fill Color box. By default, text is black and has no stroke. You
can change the color of all text in a selected text block or of highlighted text in a text block.
The Text tool retains the current text color from text block to text block.
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