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Fireworks: Text

This page explains how to add, adjust, and modify text elements in your Fireworks document.

Add Text
Text added to Fireworks images is added as text objects, each with its own properties and specifics. Adding text objects is not too difficult to do.

To add a text object to your Fireworks image, do the following: Fireworks Text tool

  1. Click the text tool in the fireworks tool bar. The image for the text tool is an "A" (shown to the right).
  2. Click on your screen where you want your text to appear. If the text doesn't appear exactly where you want it to, don't worry--you can move it later.
  3. The text properties window will open. See below for details about the text properties window.

Once your text looks the way you want it to, click "OK" to close the properties window and create your text object.

Adjust text
The text properties window allows you to adjust your text in a variety of ways. After you type the text into the white space at the bottom of the window, you can alter it using the tools listed below.

Fireworks Text Properties window
Fireworks Text Properties Window

Select Font
This drop-down menu allows you to decide which font your text object will be in. Notice that the text you've typed in the window changes as you select different fonts. 		Fireworks Text Font Property
Select Size
Click this drop-down menu to select the size of the font for your text object. 		Fireworks Text Size Property
Select Color
Click this box to see the color palette you can choose from. 		Fireworks Text Color Property
Select Style
These buttons allow you to alter the style of your text. Choose from Bold, italics, or underline. 		Fireworks Text Style Property
Select Line Size
These buttons allow you to alter the size and shape of the letters and lines you're typing. Experiment with the buttons to get a feel for what they do. 		Fireworks Text Line Property
Select Justification
You can use these alignment buttons to switch the way the text is justified as you type it. 		Fireworks Text Alignment Property

Modify text
There are two ways to modify the text of your text object (If you want to modify the object as a whole by flipping it, scaling it, or anything else, do so as you would any object):
  1. Using the black arrow tool, double-click on the text object to open the properties window.
  2. Using the text tool, highlight the portion of the text you want to change to open the properties window.

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