You can type a relative path or a complete URL in the text box at the
top of the URL Attachment palette.
When you use the Browse button in the URL Attachment palette,
Canvas can enter a relative path or a complete URL. See Create
Absolute URLs option on page 14.187 for more information.
Pixel Mode
When creating Web graphics, the standard resolution is 72 pixels per
inch (ppi). The Pixel Mode setting allows users to view graphics at
72 ppi before they are rendered. This gives you an exact preview of
what the graphics will look like when they are rendered. At the same
time, all of your images will remain fully editable. This process
ensures that images and objects will retain the same proportions and
appearance that they had at the time of their creation. Pixel Mode
also prevents pixel shifting, which sometimes occurs when objects
are exported to the Web.
To use Pixel Mode
Choose Layout > Display > Pixel Mode
Creating Slices
Professional Web designers will confirm that a fast download time
versus a slow one can spell the difference between commercial suc-
cess and failure. A visitor may quickly loose patience and hit the
dreaded Back button if forced to wait too long for a Web page to
appear. Slicing large images into small, faster-loading pieces is one
of the Web design tricks most often used.
A slice is a rectangular area of an image that becomes a cell in an
HTML table. The HTML table is then exported to be placed onto a
Web page.
Note: You can import the table into an HTML editor for further edit-
ing.
We suggest that you preview your work in a browser to ensure that
your document will function correctly in all Web viewers. Also,
remember that an image may appear differently when it is viewed on
other platforms.
The two tools that you need to use are the Slice Creator and the Slice
Selector. These image-slicing features, and their respective palette,
are found on the Tool palette. The creation and manipulation of slices
The Slicing palette is located
within the Tool palette.