MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 2, Use Manual

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Text Editor
Use the Text Editor to create and edit text. Unlike text in
many other applications, Fireworks text is always
editable all the time. Edit text quickly and easily after
custom effects have been applied.
To choose a color in the Text Editor, you need not access
the Swatches panel. Just click the pop-up to the right of
the color well to access all the swatches in the current
color palette. Then click to pick a color from the pop-up
set of color swatches.
Open the Text Editor by clicking on a document with
the Text tool, drawing a rectangular text block with the
Text tool, double-clicking a text container, or selecting a
text block and choosing Text > Editor.
After closing the Text Editor, resize the text block by
pulling or pushing handles. Move selected text blocks
with the Pointer tool.
Check to anti-alias text.
Check to automatically kern text.
Add color to text.
Set orientation, alignment, and flow.
Set horizontal scaling and baseline shift.
Type or edit text.
Apply changes to the document
without closing the text editor.
Adjust kerning and leading.
Set font, size, and style.
Apply an underline to text.