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CHAPTER 3
Selecting and Transforming
Objects
As you work in Macromedia Fireworks 8, you manipulate vector and bitmap objects, text
blocks, slices and hotspots, and areas of pixels. Using the selection and transformation tools,
you can move, copy, delete, rotate, scale, or skew objects. In documents that have multiple
objects, you can organize the objects by stacking, grouping, and aligning them.
This chapter contains the following topics:
Selecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting pixels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Editing selected objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Transforming and distorting selected objects and selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Organizing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting objects
Before you can do anything with any object on the canvas, you must select it. This applies to
a vector object, path, or points; a text block, word, or letter; a slice or hotspot; an instance; or
a bitmap object.
You can use any of the following to select objects:
The Layers panel
displays each object. You can click an object in the Layers panel to it select
when the panel is open and layers are expanded. For more information, see
"Layers, Masking, and Blending," on page
The Pointer tool selects objects when you click the objects or drag a selection area
around them.
The Subselection tool selects an individual object in a group or the points of a vector
object.
The Select Behind tool selects an object that is behind another object.
The Export Area tool selects an area to be exported as a separate file.
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