Editing Styles; Exporting And Importing Styles - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

To base a new style on an existing style:
1. Apply the existing style to a selected object.
2.
Edit the attributes of the object.
3.
Save the attributes by creating a new style, as described in the previous procedure.
To delete a style:
1. Select a style from the Styles panel.
Shift-click to select multiple styles; Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Macintosh) to select multiple noncontiguous styles.
2. Click the Delete Style button in the Styles panel.

Editing styles

If you want to change the attributes that a style contains, you can edit the style from the
Styles panel.
To edit a style:
1. Choose Select > Deselect to deselect any objects on the canvas.
2. Double-click a style in the Styles panel.
3. In the Edit Style dialog box, select or deselect components of the attributes you wish to
apply. The Edit Style dialog box contains the same options as the New Style dialog box.
For details on choosing attributes to include in a style, see
on page 237.
4.
Click OK to apply the changes to the style.

Exporting and importing styles

You may want to share styles with other Fireworks users to save time and maintain
consistency. You can share styles by exporting them for use on other computers.
To export styles:
1.
Select a style from the Styles panel.
Shift-click to select multiple styles; Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Macintosh) to select multiple noncontiguous styles.
2. Select Export Styles from the Styles panel Options menu.
3. Enter a name and location for the document that will contain the saved styles.
4. Click Save.
238 Chapter 10: Using Styles, Symbols, and URLs
"Creating and deleting styles"