Hotkeys and shortcuts for Adobe Fireworks MX (Windows)

(Total 84)

v or 0
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Pointer tool (black arrow). Switching tools is a common task within Macromedia Fireworks. Pressing the v key or the 0 key switches to the Pointer Tool. Pressing it again switches between the Pointer and Select Behind Tool.
a or 1
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Subselector Tool (white arrow). This tool is pretty handy for selecting parts of complex elements.
t
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Text Tool
b
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Brush Tool
c
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Crop Tool
e
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Erasor Tool
g
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Paintbucket Tool
h
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Hand Tool
i
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Eyedropper Tool
j
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Polygon Hotspot Tool
k
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Slice Tool
l
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Lasso Tool
m
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Marqee Tool
n
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Line Tool
p
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Pen Tool
q
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Scale Tool
r
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Blur Tool
s
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Rubber Stamp
u
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Rectangle Tool
w
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Magic Wand Tool
z
Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Magnify Tool
strg + n
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Create a new Fireworks document. It directs you to the new document menu from where you can set canvas size, resolution and color. Also good to know: if you have an image in the Clipboard, Fireworks automatically pre-set the new documents dimensions
ctrl + o
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Opens an existing Fireworks MX document
ctrl + s
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Saves the current Fireworks MX document
ctrl + shift + r
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Export File
ctrl + shift + x
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Export Preview
ctrl + shift + s
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Save As
ctrl + r
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Import file
ctrl + p
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Print file
ctrl + q
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Quit Fireworks
ctrl + w
Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Close current Window
ctrl + + ahd ctrl + -
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
Zoom in and/or out: The easiest way to change the current zoom level is to press the ctrl++ keyboard shortcut to zoom in and to press ctrl+- to zoom out again.
ctrl + 0
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
Fit Selection
ctrl + 5
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
50 % Magnification
ctrl + 1
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
100 % Magnification
ctrl + 2
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
200 % Magnification
ctrl + 4
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
400 % Magnification
ctrl + 8
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
800 % Magnification
ctrl + 3
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
3200 % Magnification
ctrl + 6
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
6400 % Magnification
ctrl + alt + 0
Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
Zoom to selection
ctrl + g , ctrl + shift + g
Working with Fireworks Objects
Groups and un-groups objects. For ungrouping, just add the shift key to the combination and press ctrl+shift+g
ctrl + a
Working with Fireworks Objects
Selects all objects. Presssing this keyboard shortcut selects all objects on the active canvas. Easy to remember, since it is used in most applications for selecting all.
x
Working with Fireworks Objects
Switch Fill and Stroke colors in color wells
f9
Working with Fireworks Objects
Show/Hide blue lines around selected objects
ctrl + shift + arrow up
Working with Fireworks Objects
Bring object to front
ctrl + shift + arrow down
Working with Fireworks Objects
Send object to back
ctrl + arrow up
Working with Fireworks Objects
Bring object forward
ctrl + arrow down
Working with Fireworks Objects
Send object backwards
ctrl + alt + 1
Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects left (when multiple objects are selected)
ctrl + alt + 2
Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects center vertical (when multiple objects are selected)
ctrl + alt + 3
Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects right (when multiple objects are selected)
ctrl + alt + 4
Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects top (when multiple objects are selected)
ctrl + alt + 5
Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects center horizontal (when multiple objects are selected)
ctrl + alt + 6
Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects bottom (when multiple objects are selected)
ctrl + shift + u
Working with Fireworks Objects
Insert Hotspot
ctrl + alt + shift + c
Working with Fireworks Objects
Copy Attributes from one object
ctrl + alt + shift + v
Working with Fireworks Objects
Paste Attributes to another object
ctrl + alt + d
Working with Fireworks Objects
Duplicate Object
ctrl + shift + t
Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Numeric Transformation
ctrl + alt + t
Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Trim Canvas
ctrl + alt + f
Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Fit Canvas
ctrl + shift + 9
Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Rotate Object 90 Degrees Clockwise
ctrl + shift + 7
Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Rotate Object 90 Degrees Counter-Clockwise
ctrl + alt + r
Ruler and Guides with Keybaord Shortcuts
Show/Hide Ruler
ctrl + ;
Ruler and Guides with Keybaord Shortcuts
Show/Hide Guides (if there are any guides in the document)
ctrl + shift + ;
Ruler and Guides with Keybaord Shortcuts
Snap/ Unsnap to Guides
ctrl + alt + ;
Ruler and Guides with Keybaord Shortcuts
Lock/ Unlock Guides
ctrl + z
Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Undo
ctrl + y
Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Redo
ctrl + u
Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Fireworks Preferences
f
Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Change between Full Screen and Normal Screen
tab , f4
Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Show/Hide Tool Windows
ctrl + shift + f
Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Convert object to Path
ctrl + shift + i
Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Inverse Selection (when for example part of bitmap is selected)
ctrl + shift + .
Working with Text in Fireworks
Increase Text size
ctrl + shift + ,
Working with Text in Fireworks
Decrease Text size
ctrl + b
Working with Text in Fireworks
Apply bold formatting
ctrl + i
Working with Text in Fireworks
Apply italic formatting
ctrl + alt + shift + l
Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Left
ctrl + alt + shift + c
Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Centered Horizontally
ctrl + alt + shift + r
Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Right
ctrl + alt + shift + j
Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Justified
ctrl + alt + shift + s
Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Stretched