User Guide

244 Chapter 10: Using Styles, Symbols, and URLs
To import one or more prepared symbols from a Fireworks symbol library:
1. Open a Fireworks document.
2. Select Edit > Libraries and select a library:
Animations opens a collection of animated symbols.
Bullets opens a collection of graphic symbols resembling various list bullets.
Buttons opens a collection of 2-, 3-, and 4-state Fireworks button symbols.
Themes opens a list of animation, graphic, and button symbols; each theme consists of a
similarly designed and similarly named trio of symbols that are color-coordinated to be
used together.
Other opens an Open dialog box from which you can navigate to previously exported
symbol library PNG files. For more information, see the next procedure.
In addition, you can import symbols from previously exported library PNG files located on
your hard disk, on a CD, or on a network. For more information about exporting symbols,
see “Exporting symbols” on page 245.
To import symbols from another file into the current document:
1. Do one of the following:
■ Select Import Symbols from the Library panel Options menu.
■ Select Edit > Libraries > Other.
2. Navigate to the folder containing the file, select the file, and click Open.
3. Select the symbols to import and click Import.
The imported symbols appear in the Library panel.
You can also import and export individual symbols into and out of the Library panels of
multiple documents by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting instances.