MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8, Use Manual

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Restoring preferences
You can restore preferences to their original settings by deleting the preferences file. The first
time Fireworks is launched after the preferences file has been deleted, a new preferences file is
created, restoring Fireworks to its original configuration.
To restore default preferences:
1. Quit Fireworks.
2. Locate the Fireworks 8 Preferences file on your hard disk and delete it.
The exact location of this file varies from system to system. For more information, see
“Location of the Fireworks preferences file” on page 452 .
3. Restart Fireworks.
Changing keyboard shortcut sets
Fireworks lets you use keyboard shortcuts to select menu commands, select tools from the
Tools panel, and speed up miscellaneous tasks that do not exist as menu commands. Using
shortcuts increases your productivity by allowing you to perform simple actions quickly. If
you are accustomed to using shortcuts from other applications such as FreeHand, Illustrator,
Photoshop, or products that use the Macromedia standard, you can switch to the shortcut set
you prefer.
To change the current shortcut set:
1. Select Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) or Fireworks > Keyboard Shortcuts
(Macintosh) to open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box.
2.
Select the shortcut set you prefer from the Current Set pop-up menu and click OK.
Creating custom and secondary shortcuts
You can create your own custom keyboard shortcuts, and you can create secondary shortcuts
if you need to have several different ways to perform an action. A custom shortcut set is always
based on a preinstalled set.
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In Fireworks, shortcuts to tools cannot include modifier keys: Control, Shift, and Alt
(Windows) or Command, Shift, Option, and Control (Macintosh). Tool shortcuts consist
of a single letter or number key.