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.
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v or 0
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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.
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a or 1
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Text Tool
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t
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Brush Tool
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b
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Crop Tool
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c
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Erasor Tool
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e
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Paintbucket Tool
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g
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Hand Tool
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h
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Eyedropper Tool
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i
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Choose the Polygon Hotspot Tool
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j
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Slice Tool
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k
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Lasso Tool
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l
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Marqee Tool
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m
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Line Tool
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n
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Pen Tool
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p
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Scale Tool
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q
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Blur Tool
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r
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Rubber Stamp
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s
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Rectangle Tool
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u
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Select the Magic Wand Tool
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w
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Shortcuts for selecting and working with Fireworks Tools
Magnify Tool
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z
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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
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strg + n
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Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Opens an existing Fireworks MX document
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ctrl + o
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Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Saves the current Fireworks MX document
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ctrl + s
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Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Export File
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ctrl + shift + r
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Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Export Preview
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ctrl + shift + x
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Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Save As
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ctrl + shift + s
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Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Import file
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ctrl + r
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Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Print file
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ctrl + p
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Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Quit Fireworks
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ctrl + q
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Working With Fireworks Files using Shortcuts
Close current Window
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ctrl + w
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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.
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ctrl + + ahd ctrl + -
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Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
Fit Selection
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ctrl + 0
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Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
50 % Magnification
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ctrl + 5
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Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
100 % Magnification
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ctrl + 1
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Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
200 % Magnification
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ctrl + 2
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Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
400 % Magnification
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ctrl + 4
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Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
800 % Magnification
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ctrl + 8
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Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
3200 % Magnification
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ctrl + 3
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Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
6400 % Magnification
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ctrl + 6
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Using the Fireworks Zoom Feature with Keyboard Shortcuts
Zoom to selection
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ctrl + alt + 0
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Groups and un-groups objects. For ungrouping, just add the shift key to the combination and press ctrl+shift+g
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ctrl + g , ctrl + shift + g
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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.
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ctrl + a
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Switch Fill and Stroke colors in color wells
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x
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Show/Hide blue lines around selected objects
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f9
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Bring object to front
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ctrl + shift + arrow up
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Send object to back
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ctrl + shift + arrow down
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Bring object forward
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ctrl + arrow up
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Send object backwards
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ctrl + arrow down
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects left (when multiple objects are selected)
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ctrl + alt + 1
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects center vertical (when multiple objects are selected)
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ctrl + alt + 2
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects right (when multiple objects are selected)
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ctrl + alt + 3
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects top (when multiple objects are selected)
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ctrl + alt + 4
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects center horizontal (when multiple objects are selected)
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ctrl + alt + 5
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Align objects bottom (when multiple objects are selected)
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ctrl + alt + 6
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Insert Hotspot
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ctrl + shift + u
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Copy Attributes from one object
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ctrl + alt + shift + c
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Paste Attributes to another object
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ctrl + alt + shift + v
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Working with Fireworks Objects
Duplicate Object
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ctrl + alt + d
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Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Numeric Transformation
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ctrl + shift + t
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Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Trim Canvas
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ctrl + alt + t
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Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Fit Canvas
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ctrl + alt + f
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Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Rotate Object 90 Degrees Clockwise
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ctrl + shift + 9
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Image and Canvas Manipulation in Fireworks
Rotate Object 90 Degrees Counter-Clockwise
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ctrl + shift + 7
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Ruler and Guides with Keybaord Shortcuts
Show/Hide Ruler
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ctrl + alt + r
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Ruler and Guides with Keybaord Shortcuts
Show/Hide Guides (if there are any guides in the document)
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ctrl + ;
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Ruler and Guides with Keybaord Shortcuts
Snap/ Unsnap to Guides
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ctrl + shift + ;
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Ruler and Guides with Keybaord Shortcuts
Lock/ Unlock Guides
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ctrl + alt + ;
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Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Undo
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ctrl + z
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Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Redo
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ctrl + y
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Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Fireworks Preferences
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ctrl + u
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Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Change between Full Screen and Normal Screen
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f
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Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Show/Hide Tool Windows
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tab , f4
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Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Convert object to Path
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ctrl + shift + f
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Basic Fireworks Commands using Keyboard Shortcuts
Inverse Selection (when for example part of bitmap is selected)
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ctrl + shift + i
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Working with Text in Fireworks
Increase Text size
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ctrl + shift + .
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Working with Text in Fireworks
Decrease Text size
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ctrl + shift + ,
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Working with Text in Fireworks
Apply bold formatting
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ctrl + b
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Working with Text in Fireworks
Apply italic formatting
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ctrl + i
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Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Left
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ctrl + alt + shift + l
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Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Centered Horizontally
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ctrl + alt + shift + c
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Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Right
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ctrl + alt + shift + r
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Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Justified
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ctrl + alt + shift + j
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Working with Text in Fireworks
Align Stretched
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ctrl + alt + shift + s
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