Freeway Reference: Contents11Freeway ReferenceJune 2014
Freeway Reference: Contents1010 Language ...211 Tables ...
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics100100It is best to experiment and view your output in different browsers and on different platforms, taking i
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics101101Alt TextDetermines whether alt text for image items is shown in the browser when the viewer has chosen n
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics102102Browser support for PNGSome browsers (especially older versions) have limited support for PNG. Freeway P
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics103103Combining images with different export formats It is possible to combine graphic items that have differe
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics1041046. The original poster includes some areas of text. These will benefit from different compression setti
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics105105Animated GIFs Animated GIFs are special GIF images that contain multiple image frames. When viewed in mo
Using multimedia Some of the most exciting pages on the web use multimedia items such as sound, movies or animation. If you have multimedia items that
Freeway Reference: Working with Multimedia107107• Source 2 and Source 3: These popups allow you to offer an alternative video file type which a brows
Freeway Reference: Working with Multimedia108108Audio fileWe recommend using MP3 files to offer audio on your web pages—but you should also use altern
Freeway Reference: Working with Multimedia109109• Type: If you have your page set to HTML5 or XHTML5, this popup will be set to Video by default, whi
Freeway Reference: Contents1111 ViewPort Height...237 Page can be Scaled on mobile
Freeway Reference: Working with Multimedia110110With the item selected on the page, look in the Actions palette to see the available options:• iPhone
Freeway Reference: Working with Multimedia111111The Flash Extras ActionThis Freeway Action offers additional functionality for Flash items when used o
Freeway Reference: Working with Multimedia112112Java applets Java is a programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. Java is not to be confused
Hyperlinks and AnchorsYour content may be top notch but it’s of no benefit if visitors can’t navigate through your site. It is essential that you cons
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors114114Here are three examples of relative references: 1 page2.html 2 marketing/index.html 3 /marketing/
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors115115To define an internal link to an existing page using the Edit Hyperlink dialog 1. Highlight the text,
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors116116To define an external link using the Edit Hyperlink dialog 1. Highlight the text or select the box to
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors117117Viewing and selecting hyperlinks defined for a page To view the hyperlinks in a document, choose Show L
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors118118Image maps Rather than creating a link on an entire graphic, it is possible to create links so that the
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors1191192. Choose an appropriate color and style for normal links (Link), visited links (Visited), links that
Freeway Reference: Getting Started1212Learn the basics by building the Using Freeway tutorial site By far the best way to learn the basics and to unde
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors120120Anchors Using links between pages, you can allow visitors to your site to navigate from one page to ano
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors121121The anchor will be updated with its new name and all links in the same document that refer to that anch
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors122122Email links Email links allow you to define a link that, when clicked on by the user, creates a new mai
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors123123Applying and setting options for a CSS MenuThe CSS Menus Action is applied to the item by selecting it,
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors124124Border sectionThe options in this section will be greyed out until the Border checkbox is checked. Here
Freeway Reference: Hyperlinks and Anchors125125Freeway Pro users may find they have a custom CSS text style applied to the text in the menu. This styl
Note: We strongly recommend that you use the Sitemapper Action on your Freeway file if you want to get the best search engine results for your site. Se
Freeway Reference: Meta Tags and Search Engines127127Defining a new meta tag To define a new meta tag for a page: 1. Choose Meta Tags… from the Page
Freeway Reference: Meta Tags and Search Engines1281281. Change to the page in the site you wish to add the tag to. 2. Choose Meta Tags… from the Pag
Freeway Reference: Meta Tags and Search Engines129129Page contentNotice that we use the same phrase within each of the three tags: “UK CAR DEALER”. Th
Freeway Reference: Getting Started1313As you work, you need to preview your site regularly. When you do this, any new pages or any elements that have
Freeway Reference: Meta Tags and Search Engines130130The Site Mapper ActionInternet search engines need to index the content and pages of a site in or
Freeway Reference: Meta Tags and Search Engines131131Submitting your SitemapIt’s best to apply the Site Mapper Action as you are working locally and t
Previewing, publishing, and uploadingOnce you have designed your web pages, you will want to get them uploaded to your web server space in order for t
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading133133Previewing graphics Any text or object to be exported with anti-aliased edges will be displayed with
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading134134You may find that designs will break on Windows PCs even though they seemed robust at the largest tex
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading135135Refreshing the browser—when the browser misrepresents what’s on the page Browsers often “cache” image
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading136136Force republish To force a particular page to be published the next time you publish, choose Force Re
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading137137To publish your site on the web, choose Upload… from the File menu. Freeway will update the local sit
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading138138Directory: In some cases, you may need to specify a directory as the location on the FTP server to wh
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading139139Publishing your site on your own computer using personal web sharingYou can use the personal web shar
Freeway Reference: Getting Started1414When you finally import the finished content into Freeway, Freeway links to the original files as well as storin
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading140140Server: The address of your web server. An example of this looks like ftp.domainname.com, or in IP fo
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading141141How to split your Freeway document Ideally, site splitting should be something that you plan in advan
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading142142Dedicated FTP tools Freeway’s FTP upload option has everything you need to upload your site to the we
Freeway Reference: Publishing and Uploading143143Conditional comments do not work with versions of Internet Explorer older than 5.5. If you require pa
An important difference between print publishing and web publishing is the method for defining color and the range of available colors. Although many
Freeway Reference: Working with Color145145Color panels In Freeway Pro, the Styles & Colors palette provides two color panels: a Colors panel and
Freeway Reference: Working with Color146146Web-safe Colors panel FW Pro only To display the Web Colors panel, click on its button in the Styles &
Freeway Reference: Working with Color147147After clicking on the Color Picker Button the standard Mac OS X Color Picker is displayed where you can cho
Freeway Reference: Working with Color148148Applying color to text The simplest way to apply a color to a text run is to select it and choose a color f
Freeway Reference: Working with Color149149KnockoutKnockout can be used to punch text through its container item’s background color. You can only appl
Freeway Reference: Getting Started1515When you create a page, you should preview it in a browser with font sizes set to larger (and smaller) than the
Freeway Reference: Working with Color150150Deleting a color FW Pro only 1. Choose Colors… from the Edit menu, or in the Styles & Colors palette c
Freeway Reference: Working with Color151151Using colors in Freeway ExpressFreeway Express does not have a Styles & Colors palette, or support the
Specifying the appearance of textYou can specify the appearance of text by selecting it and then using the options in the Inspector palette. The optio
Freeway Reference: Styling Text153153To create graphic text within an HTML itemIf you need text in a distinctive font or style within a block of HTML
Freeway Reference: Styling Text154154HTML styles FW Pro only HTML is basically a text file which contains various bits of information. HTML is not a d
Freeway Reference: Styling Text155155Setting up Font SetsYou can add to the small list of Font Sets in Freeway. There are fonts that are used on other
Freeway Reference: Styling Text156156For example:The above text is all set with the same style. Both the heading AND the text underneath carry the sam
Freeway Reference: Styling Text157157These tags help search engines and other non-visual readers to determine the importance of information on a page,
Freeway Reference: Styling Text158158HTML boxesStyles can be applied to an HTML box.<div id="item1" class="BodyText" style=&quo
Freeway Reference: Styling Text159159The HTML for the above looks like this:<table class="TableStyle" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=
Freeway Reference: Getting Started1616Default page size, width, and height Freeway allows you to define a nominal page size for the pages in your docu
Freeway Reference: Styling Text160160Permanent stylesPermanent styles are those styles that have been marked by the user as styles that should always
Freeway Reference: Styling Text161161Character Attributes FW Pro only FontYou use this option to select the fonts to use in the style. The fonts avail
Freeway Reference: Styling Text162162NormalThe Normal effect allows you to set a text color, along with other attributes such as outline and backgroun
Freeway Reference: Styling Text163163OverlayThe Overlay effect allows you to add an overlay layer to text. This is useful for creating outlines and ot
Freeway Reference: Styling Text164164LightingAngle / Altitude: Control the angle and height of the “light source” that generates the shadow and emboss
Freeway Reference: Styling Text165165Force Graphic ParagraphThere will be times when you want a graphic style to be applied to a whole paragraph of te
Freeway Reference: Styling Text166166Space AfterThis allows you to define the space that follows a paragraph. The size can be fixed (in pixels) or rel
Freeway Reference: Styling Text167167Working with styles FW Pro only Note: Freeway Express does not support custom styles.When working with formatting
Freeway Reference: Styling Text168168Character and paragraph styles FW Pro only You can create both character and paragraph styles. Character styles c
Freeway Reference: Styling Text169169The Text panel on the Inspector palette and the Style menu show you some of the character and paragraph attribute
Freeway Reference: Getting Started1717are deemed “illegal”. Alphanumeric long file names allow only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores in the
Freeway Reference: Styling Text170170Imported styles can be dragged into the current main style sheet.5. Click OK to close the Edit Styles dialog box
Freeway Reference: Styling Text171171Working with the predefined styles FW Pro only You can alter and work with these styles or ignore them and use on
Freeway Reference: Styling Text172172Give the new style a name. Type “MainBody” into the Name field at the top right. Click OK to close the Edit Style
Freeway Reference: Styling Text173173Using tags for accessibility FW Pro only See also Freeway’s Default Styles on page 155.Using our example document
Freeway Reference: Styling Text174174Overriding the page styleAn overall body text style applied to your page can be a real time-saver as you work. It
Freeway Reference: Styling Text175175Page level stylesWith a page selected in the Site panel, the paragraph style “.MainBody” has been selected in the
Freeway Reference: Styling Text176176Text level stylesSelecting some text in an item adds a further Text section to the Styles Inspector. This informa
Freeway Reference: Creating CSS Layouts177177In Freeway, tables are a powerful means of organizing and presenting tabular (rows and columns) informati
Freeway Reference: Working with Tables178178Creating a table using the Insert menu Using the Table… command on the Insert menu, you can create a table
Freeway Reference: Working with Tables179179To position a table numerically using page coordinates 1. Select the table. 2. In the Item General panel
Freeway Reference: Getting Started1818Freeway distinguishes layers from inflow items by drawing small triangular corner mounts in the top left and bot
Freeway Reference: Working with Tables180180To select two or more cells 1. Using the Selection tool, click on the first cell you wish to select. 2.
Freeway Reference: Working with Tables181181Deleting one or more rows or columns You can easily delete specific rows or columns within a table in two
Freeway Reference: Working with Tables182182Empty cells In HTML, table cells may be defined as “empty”, which means that no cell is displayed at all a
Freeway Reference: Working with Tables183183Changing cell spacing The cells in each row and column may be separated by a certain amount of space—this
Freeway Reference: Working with Tables184184Joining and splitting cells It is possible to combine two or more cells in order to define a single new ce
Freeway Reference: Working with Tables185185Copy/pasting table data You can copy/paste cell selections between tables in your documents. 1. Shift-cli
Freeway Reference: Working with Tables186186To import other content into a table cell 1. Click inside a table cell using the Selection tool to create
Frames Frames can enhance the performance, navigation, and branding of your site when used well, but they can be unsightly and confusing for the visit
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames188188Using link targeting, you can tell the browser that, instead of replacing the content of the frame contain
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames189189Browser support Frames were originally a proprietary extension to the HTML language, which became popular
Freeway Reference: Getting Started1919Changing Document Setup after a new document has been createdIn addition to specifying the site setup when you f
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames190190How to create frameset pages The easiest way to create a frameset in Freeway is to use the New Frameset… c
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames191191Viewing Pages, Framesets, and Noframes content Once you have defined a frameset, you no longer view a sing
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames192192When on a frames page, the Inspector palette always displays the Frameset General panel, which has a diffe
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames193193Creating a new frameset within a frameThis technique is necessary when adding frames of a different orient
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames194194This palette will show the currently selected or active frame and the name of the frame, if any. When you
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames195195Setting frame size to be completely flexible If you wish to set a frame so that it will be completely flex
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames196196Setting the border for the frameset To set the border width for the frames within a frameset page: 1. In
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames197197To apply a predefined link target 1. Select the text or item to which the link is applied and choose Hype
Freeway Reference: Working with Frames198198Working with formsThere are many different types of form used on the web, though some of them are not so e
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms199199you want, you can change the Height popup to Fixed (to give the item a fixed pixel value height) by draggin
Freeway Reference: Contents22Copyright and acknowledgementsCopyright and acknowledgmentsRev. 005, June 2014Copyright © 2014 Softpress Systems Ltd. All
Freeway Reference: Getting Started2020To set the HTML level for a page FW Pro only Make sure nothing is selected on the page. The Inspector palette no
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms200200Required: Checking this option will mean that the form will not send unless the field has content inside it
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms201201Doing the above, all you are doing is simply changing the name of the label that is placed to the side of t
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms202202Radio button options Name: This option is the name of the group to which the button belongs. By default it
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms203203The set of icons at the bottom of this panel allow you to create a new Choice/Value pair, edit an existing
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms204204Access key: This is an accessibility aid which is used by typing a specified keyboard combination to bring
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms205205Recipient Details: This area lets you specify one or more email addresses to send the completed form to. If
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms206206script) resides. For instance, “/cgi-bin/formmail.pl” is a typical location of a script on the server’s dis
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms207207Example form setup code: <form method=POST action=/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl> <input type=hidden name=r
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms208208Form security If your form sends credit card details or other sensitive information, you should make sure t
Freeway Reference: Working with Forms209209State/Prov Listhttp://actionsforge.com/projects/view/54-stateprov-listIf you want a popup on your form so a
Freeway Reference: Getting Started2121Saving and opening filesAfter you have created your document, you need to save it. Freeway saves documents in its
Freeway Reference: Accessibility210210For all of us, the web is increasingly becoming a part of everyday life. We use it for finding news, shopping, p
Freeway Reference: Accessibility211211JavaScript Click on the JavaScript button to disable or enable JavaScript in Freeway’s Preview. Some users may h
Customizing the HTML output Freeway’s liberation from code is enhanced by Freeway Actions, which offer the ability to extend Freeway’s functionality w
Freeway Reference: Customizing Freeway’s Output213213You must ensure that the code you add is valid HTML; Freeway will insert it into the output witho
Freeway Reference: Customizing Freeway’s Output214214Referencing external URL content when the page is viewed There are occasions when you want the we
Freeway Reference: Customizing Freeway’s Output215215You can use complete HTML pages if you need to, although some web browsers may react unpredictabl
Freeway Reference: Working with Actions216216What are Freeway Actions? Freeway Pro and Express come with a set of Actions which you can use to add fun
Freeway Reference: Working with Actions217217Duplicate Actions If you have two Actions of the same type with the same name, Freeway will disable the o
Freeway Reference: Working with Actions218218The applications for Actions technology extend to database connectivity, DHTML animation, ad banners, cou
Freeway Reference: Working with Actions219219You can create inflow Actions by placing the text cursor in a run of HTML text and choosing from the Actio
Freeway Reference: Getting Started2222The only things which are not saved when you save an archive are galleries/slideshows made in Showcase and Exhib
Freeway Reference: Working with Actions220220
This section of the Freeway Reference covers the different types of layout methods used to build web sites with Freeway. setting Freeway’s Preferences
Freeway Reference: Appendices222222Appendix 1: Deciding on your layout method in Freeway ProWhen you start a new project it is very important that you
Freeway Reference: Appendices223223There are, however, a few limitations in table-based layout, such as not being able to place an item on top of an H
Freeway Reference: Appendices224224CSS-positioned layout FW Pro only This is very similar to the table-based layout workflow, but you work with the CS
Freeway Reference: Appendices225225Using Relative Page Layout (RPL)As mentioned above, using Relative Page Layout (which we call RPL) together with wo
Freeway Reference: Appendices226226Inflow layout tutorialPercentage-based inflow layoutThis type of layout method is sometimes called “fluid layout” be
Freeway Reference: Appendices227227Select the HTML item you inserted, then enter 100% in the Width field in the Dimensions panel of the Inspector and
Freeway Reference: Appendices228228Let’s add some text to the header and footer bars. Select both items one at a time and click on the Padding popup i
Freeway Reference: Appendices229229When you preview the page in a browser you may well find that the layout is not working correctly. This is because
Freeway Reference: Getting Started2323If you choose the “Blank” template, the folder structure created by Freeway is the same as the other templates.
Freeway Reference: Appendices230230• Maximum: This works in a similar way as Minimum (above) except that it specifies the maximum width an item can
Appendix 2Working with preferences The preferences for both Freeway Pro and Express are split logically between those that affect the application itse
Freeway Reference: Appendices232232Enable AppleScript in Actions The ability to run AppleScripts in Freeway Actions is switched off by default. If you
Freeway Reference: Appendices233233Map Area BoxesSpecifies the color used for the border of map area items. Clicking the color button opens the Mac OS
Freeway Reference: Appendices234234Document graphics FW Pro only When you import a bitmap image into Freeway, Freeway notes the location of the origin
Freeway Reference: Appendices235235Uppercase tagsSpecifies that the HTML tags should be generated in upper case rather than the default lower case. Th
Freeway Reference: Appendices236236normally be the method to use if you have your own web server, or if you will publishing your site using your own c
Freeway Reference: Appendices237237What is meant by Interlaced and Progressive?Interlaced GIF and PNG graphics are displayed gradually as the file is d
Freeway Reference: Appendices238238Initial ScaleThis option is unchecked by default. If you check the checkbox on the left you can then enter a percen
Freeway Reference: Appendices239239• To add a tool to the Toolbar, drag the icon of the tool you wish to add into the Toolbar area and drop it where
Freeway Reference: Getting Started24244. Freeway opens the Choose a File dialog. 5. Navigate to the location of the new template, and select it. Cli
Freeway Reference: Appendices240240ToolsThe tools allow you to create or manipulate the different types of item you work with in Freeway. The tools av
Freeway Reference: Appendices241241Button Adds a button to a form.Checkbox Adds a checkbox to a form.Radio Adds a radio button to a form.Text Field
Freeway Reference: Appendices242242Flow tool Links two or more HTML or graphic items that contain text so the text can flow between them. Clicking an
Freeway Reference: Appendices243243Appendix 3Keyboard ShortcutsFreeway menuC Preferences…Ch Hide FreewayCOhH Hide OthersCq Quit Freeway File menu
Freeway Reference: Appendices244244= Alt = Command = Control = Tab = Arrow keys (Up, Left, Down and RightNote: Although capital letters are used here
Freeway Reference: Appendices245245Style menuCS\ Size: Other…CS. Size: Next SizeCS Size: Previous SizeCSO. Size: Grow SizeCSO Size: Shrink Size
Freeway Reference: Appendices246246Insert menuCE Break (to next box in text flow)SR New LineCSR Rule View menuCOz Zoom…C1 Actual SizeC0 Fit in Win
Freeway Reference: Appendices247247SÒ Highlight previous characterSÎ Highlight to next lineSË Highlight to previous lineSOÂ Highlight text to begi
Freeway Reference: Appendices248248Manipulating graphic itemsShortcut CommandCOt Display Transform dialog FW Pro only CSk Restore graphic to origina
Freeway Reference: Appendices249249C click on highlighted style Removes the style from the currently selected text or item in Styles & Colors pa
Working with pages In a Freeway document, pages are represented on the screen by a black outline with a drop shadow showing the edge of the page. Outs
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Freeway Reference: Working with Pages2626Viewing and changing pages When viewing a document in Freeway, you can see only one page at a time in the doc
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages2727Rearranging pages using the Site panel You can rearrange the order of the pages in a document, although this
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages2828Master page concepts and good working practicesAlmost every site on the web has common items and settings whi
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages2929The next screenshot (right) shows the HTML item containing the word “photographer” selected on the Welcome pa
3Introduction ...2A note about the differences between Pro and Expre
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3030It is important to note that the changes introduced in Freeway 6 not only include the new Use Master Actions
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3131the child item’s original parent item on the Site page, as shown in the screenshot below. Selecting the paren
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3232Use Master Settings in the HTML Markup dialogIt is quite common for web designers to use custom markup code i
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3333Applying a different Master page to a Site pageBelow the Title and File fields in the Inspector is a popup ca
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3434Another method is to select a page (or selection of pages) and click on the Minus button in the bottom left o
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3535Important note on using Freeway’s Reapply Master optionThere may be times (though hopefully not too often) wh
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3636Applying a Page background color (Pro-only)As mentioned above, Express does not have a specific option in the
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3737By setting the Horizontal popup to Center, the Vertical popup to Top and the Tile to Vertically, the orange/y
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3838Deleting folders To delete a folder, select it in the Site panel and either press the Delete or Backspace key
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages3939To quickly restore the view to 100%, just double-click on the Zoom tool in the Toolbar. (This does not work w
Freeway Reference: Contents44 Stacking windows ...39 Save Default Window ...
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages4040Rulers, guides, and grids To help you produce consistent layouts and align items accurately, Freeway provides
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages4141Resetting the ruler origin To reset the ruler origin to the top left corner of the page when finished, simply
Freeway Reference: Working with Pages4242Hiding and displaying guides and grids You might find it useful to hide the guides and grid lines while you’r
This chapter assumes you are already familiar with the basic functions of the various tools and palettes available to you in Freeway Pro. Important: F
Freeway Reference: Working with Items4444You will read later in this manual that some HTML items offer new HTML5 functionality that was not supported
Freeway Reference: Working with Items4545The element can be used for typographical effects like pull quotes or sidebars, for advertising, for groups o
Freeway Reference: Working with Items4646When you want a plain filled box You can create an empty box and give it a fill color. A filled box can be ou
Freeway Reference: Working with Items4747Boxes are normally drawn diagonally from corner to corner—however, there are occasions when you want to draw
Freeway Reference: Working with Items4848Deleting an item To delete an item, select it and press either the Backspace or Delete key, or choose Delete
Freeway Reference: Working with Items4949Height measurement options of table-based HTML items There are just two different options for HTML items in F
Freeway Reference: Contents55 Duplicating an item using the Duplicate dialog ...57 Aligning items ...
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5050Width measurement options of table-based HTML items There are just two different options for HTML items in Fr
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5151Freeway ProFreeway ExpressNote: To constrain the movement of the item to horizontal, vertical or diagonal, ho
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5252Showing items in the Site panelItems can be shown in the Site panel, either by switching from Site view to Pa
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5353To make a round-cornered graphic box 1. Select the box and display the Item Appearance panel in the Inspecto
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5454Skewing an item using the Skew tool FW Pro only You can skew items horizontally and vertically to any angle:
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5555Changing attributes for items Item titles When an item is created, Freeway gives it a default title such as “
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5656Setting publishing options for items When an item is selected, the Inspector palette displays a number of set
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5757Combined Graphic Output panel When GIF or JPEG items are overlapped and combined, or grouped to form a single
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5858Aligning items You can align selected items along their edges or through their center points: 1. Select the
Freeway Reference: Working with Items5959How grouping worksWhen a series of items is grouped in Freeway, a new parent item is created that contains th
Freeway Reference: Contents66Graphic text ...87 Graphic text character
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6060Distributing items In the Item menu, the Distribute… option becomes available when you have two or more items
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6161Wrapping text in a graphic box You can make text in a graphic box wrap closely around an overlapping graphic
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6262To link two or more text boxes Flow tool1. Select the Flow tool in the Toolbar or Tools palette. 2. Click
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6363Inflow items There are two ways of adding items to the page: as independent items or as inflow items. Inflow i
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6464Inserting items using the Insert menu You can use the Insert menu instead of a drawing tool to create a new i
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6565Inflow items (including non-inline items such as HTML boxes) can also be floated left or right within a text
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6666If you look at the Width and Height fields, you will see that they are now both set to 260 pixels. Why have t
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6767Freeway Pro also provides a Custom… option in the Margin popup—this allows you to specify different margin se
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6868• Select the item and choose a color from the Color popup menu in the Item Appearance panel of the Inspector
Freeway Reference: Working with Items6969The options for graphic item background filters are as follows:EmbossAngle / Altitude: Control the angle and
Freeway Reference: Contents77Hyperlink styles ...118 Setting hyperlink styles f
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7070As soon as you check the High-resolution option you will see the image reduce in size by 50%. The reason for
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7171Click on the disclosure triangle in the Border section to reveal more options.The options for HTML borders ar
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7272Position: Sets the border on the Outside, Center (half outside, half inside) and Inside the item.Filter: Prov
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7373Borders in Freeway ExpressApplying a border to an HTML item1. Select the item and choose the Item Appearance
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7474Graphic effects in Freeway Pro(For graphic effects in Freeway Express, see page 76.) Graphic effects can be a
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7575Global: This checkbox, selected by default, ensures that the angle and height information is used across all
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7676Graphic effects in Freeway ExpressGraphic effects can be applied to HTML or graphic items.Applying graphic ef
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7777Glow effectColor: This popup menu lets you choose an existing color for the glow effect, or choose a new colo
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7878Shape effectsShape effects can be applied to graphic items. They modify the basic shape of an item by adding
Freeway Reference: Working with Items7979CrackFreeway Pro. Freeway Express. Period: The distance between each crack, from 0px to 100px.Random: Makes t
Freeway Reference: Contents88 To select all the text in an HTML item or graphic item ...152 To create graphic text within an HTML item ...
When working with text, Freeway Pro offers three basic choices: standard HTML text, HTML text using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), or graphic text. Fre
Freeway Reference: Working with Text81813. If there is already text in the box, you can move the insertion point to another position, either using th
Freeway Reference: Working with Text8282Text in a table-positioned HTML item (with a blue outline) will not overflow. Instead, the item will grow vert
Freeway Reference: Working with Text8383Words Only: Matches text to whole words and does not locate specified text within words. For example, use Word
Freeway Reference: Working with Text8484List stylingLists can be styled in various ways (bulleted, numbered, etc.) A list that has no styling will def
Freeway Reference: Working with Text8585Checking spelling in other languagesYou can work with text in several different languages in the same Freeway
Freeway Reference: Working with Text8686The encodings options are also tied in with fonts selected in the Text panel in Document Setup. Each encoding
Freeway Reference: Working with Text8787But maybe you don’t want such a big space between each line. In HTML, you can type a “soft return”, which will
Freeway Reference: Working with Text8888Typography settings FW Pro only With OpenType fonts, and also certain TrueType fonts that are installed as sta
Freeway Reference: Working with Text8989Size You can change the size of a character or selection using the Style menu, or the Text General panel of th
Freeway Reference: Contents99Deleting cell content ...181Empty cells ...
Freeway Reference: Working with Text9090Leading Leading is the spacing between lines of text. It can be set using the Style menu, or the Text General
Freeway Reference: Working with Text9191Text direction If you work with languages which are generally read from right to left, such as Hebrew or Arabi
Although you can use Freeway’s box-drawing tools to create simple graphic shapes, you’ll likely want to import images that have been created in a dedi
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics93934. If you wish to import a graphic pixel for pixel (without scaling it in accordance with its resolution)
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics9494Positioning a graphic within its box using the Graphic dialog box 1. Double-click on the graphic to displ
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics9595Importing a high resolution image1. Draw a graphic item on your page and choose the Item Appearance panel
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics9696Preserve SizeThe graphic dimensions remain unaltered, no matter what happens to its box. This means that t
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics9797Restoring a graphic to its original size You can restore a graphic to its original size (taking account of
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics9898To define whether a graphic is published 1. Double-click on the graphic to display the Graphic dialog box
Freeway Reference: Working with Graphics9999Alt text for exported graphics Alt text, short for alternative text, is a short description that will disp
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