The Tools panel is broken into six categories: Select, Bitmap, Vector, Web, Colors, and View. Table 1-1 lists the tools by category and the keys you can press to access them easily.

Table 1-1. Fireworks Tools

Icon	Tool	Purpose	Keyboard Shortcut
Selection tools
	Pointer	Selects paths and objects	V+0
	Subselection	Adjusts paths, much like the Direct Select tool in Illustrator and Photoshop.	A+1
	Scale	Scales objects or selections	Q
	Crop	Crops images	C
Bitmap tools
	Marquee	Makes rectangular selections	M
	Lasso	Makes freeform selections	L
	Magic Wand	Selects similar colors	W
	Brush	Paints on image	B (toggles with Pencil)
	Pencil	Draws bitmap paths	B (toggles with Brush)
	Eraser	Erases bitmap data	E
	Blur	Blurs image	R
	Rubber Stamp	Clones image data	S
Vector tools
	Line	Creates vector lines	N
	Pen	Creates Bezier paths	P
	Rectangle	Creates vector shapes	U
	Type	Creates text	T
	Freeform	Creates freeform paths	O
	Knife	Cuts paths	Y
Web tools
	Rectangle Hotspot	Creates image map hotspots	J
	Slice	Creates slices for tables or CSS	K
	Hide Slices and Hotspots	Hides slices and image map hotspots	2
	Show Slices and Hotspots	Displays slices and image map hotspots	2
Color tools
	Eyedropper	Samples color	I
	Paint Bucket	Fills color	G
View tools
	Hand	Pans the artboard
	Zoom	Zooms in and out of artboard	x

As you select each tool, notice that the Properties panel displays additional options. (If your Properties panel isn't visible, choose Window

The tabs at the top of an image give you the opportunity to view it in four ways:

Not unlike the other CS4 applications, Fireworks lets you detach panels from the docking area on the right side of the workspace. Because this procedure is so similar to the methods you use to dock and undock panels in other CS4 applications, we won't bore you with the details here.

If you are familiar with Photoshop selection techniques, you will have no problem using the same tools in Fireworks.

To make a selection with the Marquee tool, simply select the tool from the Tools panel, and then click and drag to surround the area that you want to select.

You can add to the selection by holding down the Shift key and dragging another marquee region, or deselect some of the active selection by holding down the Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) key while dragging with the Marquee tool.

To use the Lasso tool, select the Lasso tool from the Tools panel and click and drag to create a path that will then become your selection. As mentioned in the Marquee tool, you can add to the selection by holding down the Shift key and creating another selection region, or subtract from the selection by holding down the Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) key while dragging a selection region with the Lasso tool.

By making a selection with the Marquee or Lasso tool and then clicking and dragging with the Pointer tool, you can move one part of an image to another, as shown in Figure 1-4. If you make no selection before you drag, everything on the existing layer is moved.

Figure 1-4. Drag a selection move it.

Switch to the Subselection tool, and notice that if you have an existing selection, the pointer changes to a double arrow. This double arrow indicates that you will clone (copy) the selection when you click and drag it.

With the same tools you use to select bitmap images, you can adjust vector paths. Use the Pointer tool to move an entire vector shape, as shown in Figure 1-5.

Figure 1-5. The Pointer tool lets you move a vector shape.

Use the Subselection tool to move the individual points on the path.