Adobe 38039927 User Guide - Page 168

ADOBE FIREWORKS CS3 163 User Guide Merging down causes all selected vector objects and bitmap objects to be flattened into the bitmap object that lies just beneath the bottommost selected object. The result is a single bitmap object. Vector objects and bitmap objects cannot be edited separately once merged, and editability for vector objects is lost. To merge objects: 1 Select the object or objects on the Layers panel that you want to merge with a bitmap object. Shift-click or Ctrlclick to select more than one object. You can merge the contents of a selected layer into a bitmap object that is the topmost object on the layer immediately beneath the selected layer. 2 Do one of the following: • Select Merge Down from the Layers panel Options menu. • Select Modify > Merge Down. • Select Merge Down from the context menu that appears when you right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the selected objects on the canvas. The selected object or objects merge with the bitmap object. The result is a single bitmap object. Note: Merge Down does not affect slices, hotspots, or buttons. Sharing layers You can share a layer across all pages or all frames in a document. This allows you to update an object on a layer and have that object be updated automatically in all pages or frames. This is useful when you want objects such as background elements to appear on all pages of a website or all frames of an animation. Note: Sub-layers cannot be shared across pages or frames; you must select the parent layer to share. To share a selected layer across frames, do one of the following: • Select Share Layer to Frames from the Layers panel Options menu. • Double-click the layer name in the Layers panel, and select Share Across Frames. To share a selected layer across pages, do the following: ❖ Select Share Layer to Pages... from the Layers panel Options menu. When a layer has been shared across one or more pages, it is displayed in yellow to differentiate it from unshared layers. Only a parent layer can be shared across pages. Sub-layers cannot be shared. Using the Web Layer The Web Layer is a special layer that appears as the top layer in each document. The Web Layer contains web objects, such as slices and hotspots, used for assigning interactivity to exported Fireworks documents. For more information on web objects, see "Slices, Rollovers, and Hotspots" on page 200. You cannot unshare, delete, duplicate, move, or rename the Web Layer. You also cannot merge objects that reside on the Web Layer. It is always shared across all pages and frames, and web objects are visible on every page or frame. To rename a slice or hotspot in the Web Layer: 1 Double-click the slice or hotspot in the Layers panel.