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Name slices



Slicing cuts an image into pieces. Because each piece of a state is exported separately, each must have a unique name. Use the default naming convention or assign custom names.

Note: Do not add a file extension to the base name. Fireworks automatically adds file extensions to slice files upon export.

Enter a custom slice name

 Do one of the following:

  • Select the slice on the canvas, enter a name in the Object Name box in the Property inspector, and press Enter.

  • Double-click the name of the slice in the Web Layer, enter a new name, and press Enter.

Auto-name a slice file

 When you export your sliced image, enter a name in the File Name (Windows) or Name (Mac OS) text box in the Export dialog box. Do not add a file extension.

Change the default auto-naming convention

You can create a naming convention that contains up to eight elements. An element can consist of any of the following auto-naming options:

Option

Description

None

No name is applied to the element.

doc.name

The element takes the name of the document.

"slice"

You can insert the word “slice” into the naming convention.

Slice # (1,2,3...)

Slice # (01,02,03...)

Slice # (A,B,C...)

Slice # (a,b,c...)

The element is labeled numerically or alphabetically, according to the style you select.

row/column (r3_c2, r4_c7...)

Row (r##) and Col (c##) designate the rows and columns of the table that web browsers use to reconstruct a sliced image. You can use this information in the naming convention.

Underscore

Period

Space

Hyphen

The element uses any of these characters typically as separators between other elements.

For example, if the document name is mydoc, the naming convention doc.name + “slice”+ Slice # (A,B,C...) results in a slice called mydocsliceA.

If a slice has more than one state, by default Fireworks adds a number to each state's file. For example, if you enter the custom slice filename home for a three-state button, then Fireworks names the Up state graphic home.gif, the Over state graphic home_f2.gif, and the Down state graphic home_f3.gif. You can create your own naming convention for multistate slices using the HTML Setup dialog box.

  1. Select File > HTML Setup to open the HTML Setup dialog box.

  2. Click the Document Specific tab.

  3. In the File Names section, create your new naming convention by selecting from the lists.

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  4. (Optional) To set this information as the default for all new Fireworks documents, click Set Defaults.

    Note: Use caution when selecting None as a menu option for slice auto-naming. If you select None as the option for any of the first three menus, Fireworks exports slice files that overwrite one another, resulting in a single exported graphic and a table that displays this graphic in every cell.