Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia® Fireworks® MX in 24 Hours

Chapter 15. Creating Interactive Graphics

Fireworks MX isn’t just a tool for laying out graphics and tables for Web pages. Another important feature is the ability to add interactivity to these graphic elements. Interactivity includes linking an image to another Web page, creating button rollover effects, and creating navigation elements, such as drop-down menus.

In this hour you’ll learn how to use slices and symbols to make a Web page more responsive to users. You will

• Assign links to slices and image map hotspots

• Add behaviors to slices, such as a Rollover button

• Create interactive button symbols for use across a Web site

• Use the Library panel to edit and organize symbols

Adding Links and Hotspots to Slices

The simplest way to add a link to an element ...