Removing A Selection Marquee; Adjusting Selection Marquees; Moving A Marquee; Adjusting A Marquee Selection With The Spacebar - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

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Removing a selection marquee

You can remove a selection marquee without affecting the document.
To remove a marquee, do one of the following:
Draw another marquee.
Click outside the current selection with a marquee or lasso tool.
Press Escape.
Select Select > Deselect.

Adjusting selection marquees

After selecting pixels with a marquee or lasso tool, you can edit or move the marquee border
without affecting the pixels beneath it. You can manually add pixels to or delete pixels from a
marquee border using modifier keys.
In addition, you can expand or contract the marquee border by a specified amount, select an
additional area of pixels around the existing marquee, or smooth the border of the marquee.

Moving a marquee

You can move a marquee to place it over a different area of pixels.
To move the marquee, do one of the following:
Drag the marquee with a marquee or lasso tool or the Magic Wand tool.
Use the arrow keys to nudge the marquee in 1-pixel increments.
Press Shift and use the arrow keys to move the marquee in 10-pixel increments.

Adjusting a marquee selection with the Spacebar

You can easily reposition a marquee as you draw it by pressing the Spacebar while drawing.
To reposition a selection with the Spacebar:
1.
Begin dragging to draw the selection.
2.
Without releasing the mouse button, hold down the Spacebar.
3.
Drag the marquee to another location on the canvas.
4.
While still holding down the mouse button, release the Spacebar.
5.
Continue dragging to draw the selection.
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