Clearing And Sorting Swatches; To Replace A Swatch With Another Color; To Delete A Swatch From The Swatches Panel - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

4.
Move the tip of the eyedropper pointer to the open space after the last swatch in the
Swatches panel.
The eyedropper pointer becomes the paint bucket pointer.
5.
Click to add the swatch.
When you select Snap to Web Safe in the Options menu of the color pop-up
window, any non-websafe color you pick up with the eyedropper pointer is changed
to the nearest websafe color.

To replace a swatch with another color:

1. Select the Eyedropper tool from the Tools panel.
2. Select the number of pixels to sample from the Sample pop-up menu in the Property
inspector: 1 pixel, 3x3 Average, or 5x5 Average.
3. Click anywhere inside any Fireworks Document window to sample a color.
4. Hold down Shift and place the pointer over a swatch in the Swatches panel.
The pointer becomes the paint bucket pointer.
5.
Click the swatch to replace it with the new color.

To delete a swatch from the Swatches panel:

1. Hold down Control (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) and place the pointer over a
swatch.
The pointer becomes the scissors pointer.
2. Click the swatch to delete it from the Swatches panel.
To save a selection of sampled colors:
1.
Add sampled colors to the Swatches panel.
2.
Select Save Swatches from the Swatches panel Options menu.
The Export Swatches dialog box opens.
3. Select a filename and directory and click Save.

Clearing and sorting swatches

You can clear and sort swatches using the Swatches panel Options menu.
To clear or sort swatches:
Select one of the following from the Swatches panel Options menu:
Clear Swatches
Sort by Color
sorts the swatches by color value.
clears the entire Swatches panel.
Organizing swatch groups and color models 171