You can change the naming convention for slices from the Document Specific tab in the HTML Setup dialog box.

Fireworks lets you specify your own naming convention using a wide range of naming options. You can create a naming convention that contains up to eight elements. An element can consist of any of the following auto-naming options.

Option

Description

None

No name is applied to the element.

doc.name

The element takes the name of the document.

"slice"

You can insert the word "slice" into the naming convention.

Slice # (1,2,3...)

Slice # (01,02,03...)

Slice # (A,B,C...)

Slice # (a,b,c...)

The element is labeled numerically or alphabetically, according to the style you select.

row/column (r3_c2, r4_c7...)

Row (r##) and Col (c##) designate the rows and columns of the table that web browsers use to reconstruct a sliced image. You can use this information in the naming convention.

Underscore

Period

Space

Hyphen

The element uses any of these characters typically as separators between other elements.

For example, if the document name is mydoc, the naming convention doc.name + "slice" + Slice # (A,B,C...) results in a slice called mydocsliceA. Chances are that you will never require a naming convention that uses all eight elements.

If a slice has more than one frame, by default Fireworks adds a number to each frame's file. For example, if you enter the custom slice filename home for a three-state button, then Fireworks names the Up state graphic home.gif, the Over state graphic home_f2.gif, and the Down state graphic home_f3.gif. You can create your own naming convention for multiframe slices using the HTML Setup dialog box.

To change the default auto-naming convention:

  1. Select File > HTML Setup to open the HTML Setup dialog box.
  2. Click the Document Specific tab.
  3. In the File Names section, create your new naming convention by selecting from the lists.

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  4. (Optional) To set this information as the default for all new Fireworks documents, click Set Defaults.

    NOTE

    Use caution when selecting None as a menu option for slice auto-naming. If you select None as the option for any of the first three menus, Fireworks exports slice files that overwrite one another, resulting in a single exported graphic and a table that displays this graphic in every cell.