Creating button symbols

Buttons are navigation elements for a web page. Buttons created in the Button Editor have the following characteristics:

• You can make almost any graphic or text object into a button.
• You can create a button from scratch, convert an existing object into a button, or import already created buttons.
• A button is a special type of symbol. You can drag instances of it from the symbol library into your document.

  This allows you to change the graphical appearance of a single button and automatically update the appearance of all button instances in a nav bar. For more information on symbols, see Using symbols.

• You can edit the text, URL, and target for one button instance without affecting other instances of the same button, and without breaking the symbol-instance relationship.
• A button instance is encapsulated. When you drag the button instance in the document, Fireworks moves all the components and states associated with it, so there is no need for multiframe editing.
• A button is easy to edit. Double-click the instance on the canvas, and you can change it in the Button Editor or the Property inspector.
• Like other symbols, buttons have a registration point. The registration point is a center point that helps you align text and the different button states while in the Button Editor.