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Opening and importing files
In Fireworks, you can easily open, import, and edit both vector and bitmap images created in other graphics
programs. In addition, you can import images from a digital camera or scanner.
Note: Fireworks preserves many, but not all JavaScript behaviors when you import a file from Adobe Dreamweaver. If
Fireworks supports a particular behavior, it recognizes that behavior and maintains it when you move a file back to
Dreamweaver.
To open a Fireworks document:
Select File > Open.
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The Open dialog box appears.
Select the file and click Open.
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To open a file without overwriting the previous version, select Open as Untitled, and then save the file using a
different name.
This section covers the following topics:
• "Opening recently closed documents" on page 16
• "Opening graphics created in other applications" on page 16
• "Creating Fireworks PNG files from HTML files" on page 17
• "Inserting objects into a Fireworks document" on page 18
Opening recently closed documents
The File menu lists up to 10 recently closed documents in the Open Recent submenu. The Start Page also lists
recently closed documents.
To open a recently closed file:
Select File > Open Recent.
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Select a file from the submenu.
To open a recently closed file when no files are open:
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Click the file name on the Start page.
Opening graphics created in other applications
With Fireworks, you can open files created in other applications or file formats, including Photoshop, Adobe
FreeHand, Adobe Illustrator, uncompressed CorelDRAW, WBMP, EPS, JPEG, GIF, and animated GIF files.
When you open a file format other than PNG using File > Open, you create a new Fireworks PNG document based
on the file you open. You can use all of the features of Fireworks to edit the image. You can then either select Save As
to save your work as a new Fireworks PNG file or as another file format; or with some image types, you can select
Save to save the document in its original format. Saving in the document's original format flattens the image to a
single layer and eliminates your ability to edit the Fireworks-specific features you added to the image.
Using Fireworks, you can save the following file formats directly: Fireworks PNG, GIF, animated GIF, JPEG, BMP,
WBMP, TIFF, SWF, AI, PSD, and PICT (Mac only).
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