Slice guides define the perimeter and position of slices. Slice guides extending beyond slice objects define how the rest of the document is sliced upon export. You can change the shape of a rectangular slice object by dragging the slice guides that surround it. Nonrectangular slice objects cannot be resized by moving slice guides.

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Resizing a slice object by dragging its slice guides

NOTE

If you drag slice guides that surround a Fireworks button in the Document window, Fireworks resizes the slice that defines the active area for that button. However, you cannot delete the active area for a Fireworks button by dragging the slice guides that surround it.

If multiple slice objects are aligned along a single slice guide, you can drag that slice guide to resize all the slice objects simultaneously.

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Resizing multiple slice objects by dragging a single guide

In addition, if you drag one guide along a given coordinate, all other guides on that same coordinate move with it.

To resize one or more slices:

  1. Position the Pointer or Subselection tool over a slice guide.

    This is a picture of the feature being described.The pointer changes to the guide movement pointer.

  2. Drag the slice guide to the desired location.

    The slices are resized, and all adjacent slices are automatically resized as well.

To reposition a slice guide to the far edge of the canvas,

To move adjacent slice guides:

  1. Shift-drag a slice guide across adjacent slices guides.
  2. Release the slice guide in the desired location.

    All slice guides that you dragged across are moved to this location.

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    You can cancel this operation by releasing the Shift key before you release the mouse button. All slice guides that were picked up snap back to their original positions.