Entering text

Enter, format, and edit text in your graphics using the Text tool and the Text Editor.

Text tool

 

The Text Editor
 

All text in a Fireworks document appears in a rectangle with handles, which is called a text block.

To enter text:

1	Choose the Text tool.
2	Click in your document where you want the text block to begin.
	The Text Editor opens.
3	Choose font, size, spacing, and other text characteristics.
4	Type the text.
5	Select text in the Text Editor to format it after you type it.
6	To see text in the document as you type it in the Text Editor:
	Choose the Auto-Apply option in the Text Editor.
	Click Apply.
7	Click OK.
	The text appears in a text block in the Fireworks document.

To open the Text Editor again:

	Double-click the text block.
	Select the text and choose Text > Editor.