Conventions Used in This Book

---

Several conventions used in this book help you understand the instructions:

• Menu and keyboard commands — When you need to press a keyboard command, you'll see the PC command followed by the Mac command, such as Control (Command) +F3. Control is the control key on the PC and Command is the Command key on the Mac. Both use the F3 key.

• Application menu — When you access one of the application menus, such as File, View, Window, and so on, you are told to choose File®Check Page®Check Links. The menu and the command are separated by an arrow. If there are submenus, you'll see another arrow and so on. Menus in panels are referred to by name. If there is a contextual menu, you will commonly see instructions to right/Control+click to access the menu.

• Bold text is used for words that you need to type.

• Code font is used for code and file names.

• You can jump around anywhere in the book. Of course, if you are just learning, it will do you more good to start at the beginning of a section or, at the very least, the beginning of a chapter. Because this is a reference book as well as a training book, we have provided files for the book's project site for every chapter that uses the Habit Alert Web site files. We can't assume you are doing any of the exercises in any order. Because of this, when you save or export from Fireworks, read the save and/or export directions carefully. You'll need to have a Dreamweaver site defined (refer to Chapter 32) to have the roundtrip editing work its magic. In the Dreamweaver section, you'll be told when you need to define a new site for a specific chapter's exercise files. By setting it up this way, you can work in any chapter and have the resources needed to complete any of the project exercises.

Icons

The following icons are used to highlight important points throughout the book.

Tip 

Tips offer you extra information that further explains a given topic or technique, often suggesting alternatives or workarounds to a listed procedure.

Note 

Notes provide supplementary information to the text, shedding light on background processes or miscellaneous options that are critical to the basic understanding of the material.

Caution 

When you see the Caution icon, take special note; it tells you something important to watch out for.

Cross-Reference 

If you want to find related information to a given topic in another chapter, look for the Cross-Reference icons.

On the CD-ROM 

This icon indicates that the CD-ROM contains a related file and points you to the folder location.

New Feature 

This icon indicates a new important feature to the specific application.

 Habitat Alert site   The Heron icon is used to alert you that an exercise or project was used for the Habitat Alert site.

 Dreamweaver, Fireworks, FreeHand, Flash, ColdFusion   These icons are used to show you important integration features among the applications. When an asset or technique is used from one of the other applications you'll frequently see the specific icon of the application used.

Expert tutorials

A group of experts wrote tutorials that give additional insight into many areas of the Macromedia Studio MX suite of applications. As this book got larger and larger, it was necessary to move some of these tutorials onto the CD-ROM. These tutorials provide additional practice and insight into some of the functions of Fireworks and Flash.

---