Welcome to Macromedia Fireworks MX Fundamentals

What is this module about?

What will I learn in this module?

What are the prerequisites for this module?

How to use the Fireworks interface

What should I use Fireworks for?

How can Fireworks handle both bitmaps and vectors?

What tools are available in Fireworks?

What is the Property inspector?

How do I use the panels in Fireworks?

What can the Answers panel do?

Can I practice docking and undocking panel groups?

What are the best file formats for web graphics?

How do web graphics formats compare to each other?

Why does Fireworks use the PNG file format?

What are layers?

How to draw objects

What are objects?

How do I edit a stroke?

How do I edit a fill?

How do I create and edit text objects?

How does the Property inspector handle text?

How do I apply effects to an object?

How do I apply styles to an object?

How to edit bitmaps

How does Fireworks treat bitmaps?

How do I import a bitmap image?

How do I apply effects to a bitmap?

How to create buttons and rollovers for a web page

How do I create a button?

How do I assign an action to a button?

How do I create a new instance of my button?

How to create hotspots and slices

What are hotspots?

How do I create a hotspot?

What are slices?

How do I create a slice?

How are slices different from hotspots?

How to optimize and export web graphics

Why do I have to export my graphics?

What's all this about optimizing my graphic?

How do I optimize a graphic?

How do I export a button?

How to integrate Dreamweaver and Fireworks

How does Fireworks work together with Dreamweaver?

How do I insert Fireworks HTML into Dreamweaver?

How do I edit an image I've placed in Dreamweaver?

What if I don't have an HTML editor?

What's next after Macromedia Fireworks Fundamentals?

What's next?