User Guide

252 Chapter 11: Slices, Rollovers, and Hotspots
Creating and editing slices
Slicing cuts up a Fireworks document into smaller pieces and exports each piece as a separate
file. Upon export, Fireworks also creates an HTML file containing table code to reassemble
the graphic in a browser.
Slicing cuts a document into multiple pieces, which are exported as separate files.
Slicing an image has at least three major advantages:
Optimizing One challenge of web graphic design is ensuring that images download quickly
without sacrificing quality. Slicing enables you to optimize each individual slice using the
most appropriate file format and compression settings. For more information, see Chapter 14,
“Optimizing and Exporting,” on page 325.
Interactivity You can use slices to create areas that respond to mouse events. For
information on attaching interactivity to slices, see “Making slices interactive” on page 260.
Updating parts of a web page Slicing allows you to easily update parts of a web page that
change frequently. For example, your company’s web page might have an employee-of-the-
month section that changes monthly. Slicing enables you to quickly change just the
employee’s name and photo without replacing the entire page.