Issue exporting slices from different pages

Question

I'm an experienced Fireworks user, and love the new pages
function, but have found what I consider to be a bug.
I have about 70 graphics that I need to have trimmed in one
direction but not the other. Since I can't do this with layers
(Adobe should REALLY consider adding this as a feature for
exporting by layers, imo - currently exporting by layer only allows
trimming in both directions or no trim) I'm using pages - each page
has a single layer with multiple objects, and a single slice. This
is great, except for one giant bug: when I try to export "images
only" + "selected slices only" and deselect "this page only", it
uses the page name for the exported graphic, not the slice name. If
I export all the pages, the slice names are used. This is a big
issue for us, since exporting by layers or exporting slices using
pages is a HUGE help in repetitive image production (but only when
it works right).

Answer 1

Kathleen13 wrote:
> There are 70 pages with one slice per page. Each slice
is uniquely named,
> according to a naming convention. It is not a shared
layer slice or a master
> page slice.
>
> 1. I want all the slices on about half of the pages to
print, and the output
> graphics should be named for the slices.
> 2. I turned off the slices on the pages where I don't
want the slice to export
> 3. I am exporting "images only", using slices, with
"this page only"
> deselected and "selected slices only" turned on
(although, I tried it with that
> turned off and saw no difference in the result).
>
> In previous versions of Fireworks, only the slices that
are turned on will
> export, so it follows that should still be the case,
regardless of what page
> they're on. And that is the case: only the slices that
are turned on export,
> but instead of being named for the slice, they're named
for the page. If the
> app were exporting the pages, the entire page area
should export, but it
> doesn't. Also, export pages to files is a different
command in the drop menu on
> export, so exporting slices should not export pages, any
way you look at it.
>
> Lastly, the slices export with the slice names if I turn
them all on, but if
> any slices are turned off, the slices export with the
page names. I can't
> imagine that is intended behavior because it's not
logical or helpful, and I
> can't imagine that it would be considered expected
behavior by a user.
>
> I cannot send the files I am working on, for legal
reasons, but I will create
> files that require the same process. It will take me a
couple of days as I am
> in crunch mode on this project.
>
Thanks Kathleen. This is great detailed info. I look forward
to seeing
your example. Hopefully we can figure something out. :-)
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