User Guide

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CHAPTER 1
Selecting and Transforming Objects
As you work in Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004, you manipulate vector and bitmap objects, text
blocks, slices and hotspots, and areas of pixels. Using the selection and transformation tools, you
can move, copy, delete, rotate, scale, or skew objects. In documents that have multiple objects,
you can organize the objects by stacking, grouping, and aligning them.
Selecting objects
Before you can do anything with any object on the canvas, you must select it. This applies to a
vector object, path, or points; a text block, word, or letter; a slice or hotspot; an instance; or a
bitmap object.
You can use any of the following to select objects:
The Layers panel displays each object. You can click an object in the Layers panel to it select
when the panel is open and layers are expanded. For more information, see Chapter 7, “Layers,
Masking, and Blending,” on page 129.
For information about selecting specific areas of pixels in a bitmap image, see “Selecting pixels”
on page 10.
The Pointer tool selects objects when you click the objects or drag a selection area around
them.
The Subselection tool selects an individual object in a group or the points of a vector object.
The Select Behind tool selects an object that is behind another object.
The Export Area tool selects an area to be exported as a separate file.