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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
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To delete all slices, choose Object > Slice > Delete All. Slices created with the Object > Slice > Make command are
released, not deleted.
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To release a slice, select the slice and choose Object > Slice > Release.
To show or hide slices
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To hide slices in the illustration window, choose View > Hide Slices.
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To hide slices in the Save For Web dialog box, click the Toggle Slices Visibility button
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To hide slice numbers and change the color of slice lines, choose Edit > Preferences > Smart Guides & Slices
(Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Smart Guides & Slices (Mac OS).
About image maps
Image maps enable you to link one or more areas of an image—called hotspots—to a URL. When a user clicks on
the hotspot, the web browser loads the linked file.
The main difference between using image maps and using slices to create links is in how the artwork is exported as
a web page. Using image maps keeps the artwork intact as a single image file, while using slices causes the artwork
to be divided into separate files. Another difference between image maps and slices is that image maps enable you to
link polygonal or rectangular areas in your artwork, while slices enable you to link only rectangular areas. If you need
to link only rectangular areas, using slices may be preferable to using an image map.
Note:
To avoid unexpected results, don’t create image-map hotspots in slices that contain URL links—either the image
map links or the slice links may be ignored in some browsers.
To create image maps
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Select the object that you want to link to a URL.
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In the Attributes palette, select a shape for the image map from the Image Map menu.
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Enter a relative or full URL in the URL text box, or select from the list of available URLs. You can verify the URL
location by clicking the Browser button.
To increase the number of visible entries in the URL menu, select Palette Options from the Attributes palette menu.
Enter a value from 1 to 30 to define how many URL entries you want to be displayed in the URL list.
SVG
About SVG
Bitmap image formats for the web—GIF, JPEG, WBMP, and PNG—describe images using a grid of pixels. The
resulting files tend to be bulky, limited to a single (often low) resolution, and consume large amounts of bandwidth
on the web. SVG, on the other hand, is a vector format that describes images as shapes, paths, text, and filter effects.
The resulting files are compact and provide high-quality graphics on the web, in print, and even on resource-
constrained, handheld devices. Users can magnify their view of an SVG image on-screen without sacrificing
sharpness, detail, or clarity. In addition, SVG provides superior support for text and colors, which ensures that users
will see images as they appear on your Illustrator artboard.