You can also choose a naming convention for your slices in the Objects (Slice) Panel. Properly naming graphics is vitally important if you are working as a part of a design team in which every member is utilizing the same graphics. Proper naming is also important for cataloguing your work for future reference. Revising and modifying old projects can be a complete nightmare if the graphic’s names are random and inconsistent. A good rule of thumb when naming graphics is to ask yourself if you’d be able to identify it if you were someone else working on the project.

Fireworks provides you with a default naming convention if you {Click} on the "Auto-Name Slices" checkbox in the Objects (Slice) Panel.  When you export your graphic Fireworks will use the original name of the saved graphic file and add a row and column designation after it.  Our graphic, for instance, is called "map" and is cut into four squares.  Upon export each file would be saved as map_r1_c1, map_r1_c2, map_ r2_c1, and map_r2_c2.  Fireworks labels each graphic from left to right and top to bottom.

You can give a selected slice any name you choose if you {Click} off the "Auto Name Slice" checkbox and input text into the field.  When you export the document you’ll find that every other slice has followed the default naming convention while your selected slice has been given the name that you have chosen for it.  For now we’ll use Fireworks default naming convention and keep the "Auto-Name Slices" checkbox selected.  Later we’ll look at the options you have for changing the naming convention that Fireworks uses.