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Book VIII

Chapter 1

Introducing

Fireworks CS5

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Jumping Right into the Interface

Using the tools

The Tools panel is sorted into six categories: Select, Bitmap, Vector, Web,

Colors, and View. Table 1-1 lists the tools by category and the keys you can

easily press to access them.

Table 1-1 Fireworks Tools

Icon Tool Name What You Can Do

with It

Keyboard

Shortcut

Selection

Pointer Select paths and

objects

V or 0

Subselection Adjust paths, much

as you do with the

Direct Select tool

in Illustrator and

Photoshop

A or 1

Scale Scale objects or

selections

Crop Crop images C

Bitmap

Marquee Make rectangular

selections

Lasso Make freeform

selections

Magic Wand Select similar colors W

Brush Paint on image B (toggle with

Pencil)

Pencil Draw bitmap paths B (toggle with

Brush)

Eraser Erase bitmap data E

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