MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS - To Format Text in the Current Pop-Up Menu; To Set the Appearance of the Menu Cells; To Set Whether a Pop-Up Menu Is HTML- or Image-Based

Creating pop-up menus 299
To set whether a pop-up menu is HTML- or image-based:
1. With the desired pop-up menu open in the Pop-up Menu Editor, click the Appearance tab.
For information on opening an existing pop-up menu in the Pop-up Menu Editor, see
“Editing pop-up menus” on page 304.
2. Select a Cells option:
HTML sets the menu’s appearance using HTML code only. This setting produces pages
with smaller file sizes.
Image gives you a selection of graphic image styles to use as the cell background. This
setting produces pages with larger file sizes.
To format text in the current pop-up menu:
1. With the desired pop-up menu open in the Pop-up Menu Editor, click the Appearance tab.
For information on opening an existing pop-up menu in the Pop-up Menu Editor, see
“Editing pop-up menus” on page 304.
2. Select a preset size from the Size pop-up menu or enter a value in the Size text box.
3. Select a system font group from the Font pop-up menu or enter the name of a custom font.
4. Optionally, click a text style button to apply a bold or italic style.
5. Click a justification button to align text to the left or right or center it.
6. Select a text color from the Text Color box.
To set the appearance of the menu cells:
1. With the desired pop-up menu open in the Pop-up Menu Editor, click the Appearance tab.
For information on opening an existing pop-up menu in the Pop-up Menu Editor, see
“Editing pop-up menus” on page 304.
2. Select the text and cell colors for each state.
3. If Image is selected as the cell type, select a graphical style for each state.
NOTE
You can add to this selection of styles by creating custom pop-up menu styles. For
more information, see “Adding pop-up menu styles” on page 300.
NOTE
When cell width and height are set to Automatic in the Advanced tab of the Pop-up
Menu Editor, text size determines the size of graphics associated with the menu
item.
NOTE
Be careful when selecting a font. If users who will view your web page don’t have the
font you select installed on their system, a replacement font will be displayed in their
web browser.