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Selecting and modifying slices, Selecting slices

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276 CHAPTER 10 Designing Web Pages To change the display of slice numbers and slice symbols (ImageReady): 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Slices. 2 Under Numbers and Symbols, select a size for display symbols: • None to display no numbers or symbols. • The small icon to display small numbers and symbols. • The large icon to display large numbers and symbols. 3 For Opacity, enter a value, or choose a value from the pop-up slider to change the opacity of the numbers and symbols display. To change slice color adjustments (ImageReady): 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Slices. 2 Enter a value, or choose a value from the Color Adjustments pop-up slider for User-slices, Auto-slices, or both. (The User-slices option controls color adjustments for both user-slices and layer-based slices.) The value determines by how much the brightness and contrast of unselected slices are dimmed. To display slice lines only (ImageReady): 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Slices. 2 Under Slice Lines, select Show Lines Only to display slice lines only, and deselect color adjustments and numbers and symbols display. Selecting and modifying slices You can move, duplicate, combine, divide, resize, delete, arrange, align, and distribute user-slices. There are fewer options for modifying layer-based slices and auto-slices; however, you can promote a layer-based slice or an auto-slice to a user-slice at any time. In Photoshop, you cannot divide, combine, align, or distribute slices. Jump to ImageReady to access these slice-editing capabilities. Selecting slices You select a slice with the slice select tool in order to apply modifications to it. In the Photoshop Save for Web dialog box and in ImageReady, you can select multiple slices. To select a slice: 1 Select the slice select tool ( ). 2 Click on a slice in the image. When working with overlapping slices, click the visible section of an underlying slice to select it. To toggle between the slice tool and the slice select tool, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS).

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CHAPTER 10
276
Designing Web Pages
To change the display of slice numbers and slice
symbols (ImageReady):
1
Choose Edit > Preferences > Slices.
2
Under Numbers and Symbols, select a size for
display symbols:
None to display no numbers or symbols.
The small icon to display small numbers
and symbols.
The large icon to display large numbers
and symbols.
3
For Opacity, enter a value, or choose a value
from the pop-up slider to change the opacity of the
numbers and symbols display.
To change slice color adjustments (ImageReady):
1
Choose Edit > Preferences > Slices.
2
Enter a value, or choose a value from the
Color Adjustments pop-up slider for User-slices,
Auto-slices, or both. (The User-slices option
controls color adjustments for both user-slices and
layer-based slices.)
The value determines by how much the brightness
and contrast of unselected slices are dimmed.
To display slice lines only (ImageReady):
1
Choose Edit > Preferences > Slices.
2
Under Slice Lines, select Show Lines Only to
display slice lines only, and deselect color adjust-
ments and numbers and symbols display.
Selecting and modifying slices
You can move, duplicate, combine, divide, resize,
delete, arrange, align, and distribute user-slices.
There are fewer options for modifying layer-based
slices and auto-slices; however, you can promote a
layer-based slice or an auto-slice to a user-slice at
any time.
In Photoshop, you cannot divide, combine, align,
or distribute slices. Jump to ImageReady to access
these slice-editing capabilities.
Selecting slices
You select a slice with the slice select tool in order
to apply modifications to it. In the Photoshop Save
for Web dialog box and in ImageReady, you can
select multiple slices.
To select a slice:
1
Select the slice select tool (
).
2
Click on a slice in the image. When working
with overlapping slices, click the visible section of
an underlying slice to select it.
To toggle between the slice tool and the slice
select tool, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or
Command (Mac OS).