General Preferences; Editing Preferences - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

General preferences

The following options are on the General preferences tab:
Undo Steps
sets undo/redo steps to a number between 0 and 1009. This setting applies to
both the Edit > Undo command and the History panel. A large number of undos can increase
the amount of memory Fireworks requires. You must restart Fireworks for the change in this
setting to take effect.
Color Defaults sets the default colors for brush strokes, fills, and highlight paths. The Stroke
and Fill options do not automatically change the colors displayed in the color boxes of the
Tools panel; they allow you to change the default colors that are specified by the Set Default
Stroke/Fill Colors button in the Tools panel.
Interpolation
sets one of four different scaling methods that Fireworks uses to interpolate
pixels when images are scaled:
Bicubic interpolation gives the sharpest and highest quality most of the time and is the
default scaling method.
Bilinear interpolation gives sharper results than Soft interpolation but not as sharp as
Bicubic.
Soft interpolation, which was used in Fireworks 1, gives a soft blur and eliminates sharp
details. This method is useful when others produce unwanted artifacts.
Nearest Neighbor interpolation results in jagged edges and sharp contrasts with no
blurring. The effect is similar to zooming in or out on an image with the Zoom tool.
Workspace: Show Tab Icons
graphical icons on panel tabs that were visible in previous versions of Fireworks. This option
also affects the display of the Mini-Launcher at the bottom of the Document window.
Saving files: Add Preview Icons (Macintosh only)
of Fireworks PNG files on your hard disk. Deselecting this option displays the traditional
Fireworks icon used for Fireworks PNG files. This option takes effect after you save the file.

Editing preferences

The editing preferences control pointer appearance and visual cues for working with
bitmap objects.
Precise Cursors
replaces tool icon pointers with the cross-hair pointer.
Delete Objects While Cropping
bounding box of a selection when you select Edit > Crop Document or Modify > Canvas >
Canvas Size.
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is deselected by default. It allows you to display or hide the
permanently deletes pixels or objects that are outside the
allows you to display or hide thumbnails