User Guide

Getting Your Bearings 19
ToolTips name or describe each button's function as
well as other user-interface features throughout
Fireworks. Pause the cursor over a button on a toolbar to
display a small label, which disappears when you move
the cursor away from the item.
Info panel
The Info panel provides feedback for selected objects,
depending on object type and current action. Feedback
includes the color of the pixel beneath the cursor in the
current color model values, the position of the cursor,
the location of the selected object's bounding box, and
the selected object's dimensions. Choose Window > Info
to show or hide the Info panel.
The Info panel's Options pop-up contains settings for
your document's color model and unit of measurement.
Paste
Paste the Clipboard’s contents into
the active document.
Object
Inspector
Open the Object inspector to view
properties for the selected object.
Color Mixer
Open the Color Mixer.
Stroke
Open the Stroke panel.
Fill
Open the Fill panel.
Layers
Open the Layers panel.
Help
Access Fireworks Help.
Use To
Options for choosing a color model
and document unit of measurement
Color of pixel beneath cursor
Alpha opacity measured in
increments from 0 to 255
Cursor position
Position of
bounding box’s
upper-left corner
point
Dimensions of selected object