Using Guides - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Using guides

Guides are lines that you drag onto the document canvas from the rulers. They serve as
drawing aids to help you place and align objects. You can use guides to mark important parts
of your document, such as the margins, the document center point, and areas where you want
to work precisely.
To help you align objects, Fireworks lets you snap objects to guides. You can lock guides to
prevent them from being accidentally moved.
Guides do not reside on a layer, nor are they exported with a document. They are merely
design tools.
Fireworks also has slice guides that allow you to slice a document for use on the web. Regular
image guides are different from slice guides, however. For information on slice guides, see
"Moving slice guides to edit slices" on page
To create a horizontal or vertical guide:
1.
Click and then drag from the corresponding ruler.
2.
Position the guide on the canvas and release the mouse button.
You can reposition the guide by dragging it again.
To move a guide to a specific position:
1.
Double-click the guide.
2.
Enter the new position in the Move Guide dialog box, and click OK.
To show or hide guides:
Select View > Guides > Show Guides.
To snap objects to guides:
Select View > Guides > Snap to Guides.
To change guide colors:
1. Select View > Guides > Edit Guides.
2. Select the new guide color from the color box pop-up window, and click OK.
To lock or unlock all guides:
Select View > Guides > Lock Guides.
To remove a guide:
Drag the guide off the canvas.
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