User manual MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS

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Importing and exporting symbols The Library panel stores animation, graphic, and button symbols that you create in the current document. It also stores symbols that you import into the current document. The Library panel is specific to the current document, but you can use the symbols from one library in more than one Fireworks document by importing and exporting, cutting and pasting, or dragging and dropping. You can import symbols from other libraries, including libraries containing symbols prepared in Macromedia Fireworks and libraries containing symbols that you or someone else previously exported. Conversely, if you have created symbols that you would like to reuse or share, you can export your own symbol libraries. When you export a symbol library, it is exported as a PNG file. Importing symbols Fireworks has symbol libraries in the Edit > Libraries submenu from which you can import prepared animation symbols, graphic symbols, and button symbols, as well as navigation bars and multisymbol themes. Using these symbols, you can quickly create a sophisticated web page containing advanced navigation elements without having to spend time creating original symbols. NO T E Select the instance. Modify instance properties in the Property inspector. Using symbols 243 To import one or more prepared symbols from a Fireworks symbol library: 1. Select Edit > Libraries and select a library: Animations Bullets opens a collection of animated symbols. opens a collection of graphic symbols resembling various list bullets. opens a collection of 2-, 3-, and 4-state Fireworks button symbols. Buttons 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. 3. Navigate to the folder containing the file, select the file, and click Open. 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. 244 Chapter 10: Using Styles, Symbols, and URLs To import a symbol by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting, do one of the following: Drag a symbol instance from the document containing the symbol into the destination document. Copy a symbol instance in the document containing the symbol, then paste it into the destination document. The symbol is imported into the Library panel of the destination document and retains a relationship to the symbol in the original document. For more information, see "Updating exported symbols and instances in multiple documents" on page 245. Exporting symbols If you have created or imported symbols in a Fireworks document and want to save them to reuse in other documents or share with others, you can use the Library panel Options menu to export them in a PNG file. You can then import the symbols by navigating to the PNG file that contains the symbols using the Edit > Libraries submenu. For more information, see "Importing symbols" on page 243. To export symbols: 1. 3. Select Export Symbols from the Library panel Options menu. [. . . ] The location of this file varies depending on your operating system. In Windows, preferences are in your user-specific Fireworks configuration folder. For more information about locating this folder, see "About user configuration files" on page 452. 452 Chapter 17: Preferences and Keyboard Shortcuts On the Macintosh, preferences are in the Library/Preferences folder in your user folder. For information about locating your Macintosh user folder, see Apple Help. On the Macintosh, most Fireworks user-specific configuration files are stored in a different folder, your user-specific Application Support folder. [. . . ]