Tip 1: When you move an object using the keyboard's arrow keys, hold down the Shift key and move 10 pixels at a time.
Tip 2: When you use the Pointer tool to move an object, hold down the Shift key to ensure that it moves horizontally or vertically.
Tip 3: Hold down the ALT key and drag an object to copy it. However, automatic shapes cannot use this action because automatic shapes are a combination state that can be copied using the copy and Paste command.
Tip 4: For all shape-drawing tools, hold down the Shift key to draw to ensure that the aspect ratio is always 1:1.
Tip 5: When drawing shapes with the basic shape tool, hold down the "SPACEBAR" key and do not release the left mouse button to move the position of the vector graphic. This is also true when you draw a selection.
Tip 6: When using the rectangle tool to draw a rectangle, hold down the keyboard or the lower key, do not release the left mouse button, you can increase or decrease the roundness of the rectangle.
Tip 7: When you need to select objects in a group, you don't need to ungroup them, you can select the Subselection tool to select objects within a group, which is handy for editing multiple objects.
Tip 8: In the process of drawing a path using the Pen tool, hold down the ALT key and adjust the control handle of the path point at any time.
Tip 9: When you use the Brush tool to draw an image, hold down the SHIFT key, draw out a horizontal or vertical line, release the mouse, but do not release the SHIFT key and continue drawing, and fireworks will link the end of the previous line to the beginning of the last line.
Tip 10: Hold down the ALT key, click the bitmap layer in the Layers panel, and you can get a selection based on the shape of the bitmaps.
Tip 11: When you draw multiple selections, hold down the SHIFT key to increase the selection, hold down the ALT key to reduce the selection, and hold down the SHIFT + ALT key to indicate that the selection is intersected.
Tip 12: When you fill a color for a selection, you can use the ALT + Delete key to quickly fill the color.
Tip 13: Press the shortcut key "Ctrl" + "F8" to create a new component.
Tip 14: Hold down the CTRL key and click the color bar below the mixer panel to quickly switch to a different color mode, as shown in Figure 4-1.
Figure 4-1 Switching the color mode
Tip 15: When capturing colors in the Color Bomb window, hold down the SHIFT key to ensure that the colors you get are network-safe, as shown in Figure 4-2.
Figure 4-2 Quick selection of network security colors
Tip 16: If you want to position the guides precisely, you can double-click the left mouse button on the guides and enter detailed coordinates in the "Move Guide Line" dialog box, as shown in Figure 4-3.
Figure 4-3 The Move Lead Line dialog box
Tip 17: In the Layers panel, select the Mask icon and press the Mask icon as you move the layer to move it to another location, so you can remove the mask and leave the Mask object as shown in Figure 4-4.
Figure 4-4 Removing a mask
Tip 18: Use the Text tool to click the text you've created, and when the cursor is converted to a text cursor, hold down the keyboard's left and right keys to change the spacing of the characters, and hold down the CTRL key to change the spacing of the text.