Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 518)

511 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Web graphics
Last updated 1/10/2010
Photoshop does not display the selected background color—you must preview the image in a browser to view the effect
of selecting a background color.
1 Select a slice. If you are working in the Photoshop Save For Web & Devices dialog box, double-click the slice with
the Slice Select tool to display the Slice Options dialog box.
2 In the Slice Options dialog box, select a background color from the Background Color pop-up menu. Select None,
Matte, White, Black, or Other (using the Adobe Color Picker).
Assign URL link information to an Image slice
Assigning a URL to a slice makes the entire slice area a link in the resulting web page. When a user clicks the link, the
web browser navigates to the specified URL and target frame. This option is available only for Image slices.
1 Select a slice. If you are working in Photoshop, double-click the slice with the Slice Select tool to display the Slice
Options dialog box.
2 In the Slice Options dialog box, enter a URL in the URL text box. You can enter a relative URL or absolute (full)
URL. If you enter an absolute URL, be sure to include the proper protocol (for example, http://www.adobe.com,
not www.adobe.com). For more information on using relative and full URLs, see an HTML reference.
3 If desired, enter the name of a target frame in the Target text box:
_blank Displays the linked file in a new window, leaving the original browser window open.
_self Displays the linked file in the same frame as the original file.
_parent Displays the linked file in its own original parent frameset. Use this option if the HTML document contains
frames and the current frame is a child. The linked file appears in the current parent frame.
_top Replaces the entire browser window with the linked file, removing all current frames. The name must match a
frame name previously defined in the HTML file for the document. When a user clicks the link, the specified file
appears in the new frame.
Note: For more information on frames, see an HTML reference.
Specify browser messages and Alt text
You can specify what messages appear in the browser. These options are available only for Image slices and appear only
in exported HTML files.
1 Select a slice. If you are working in Photoshop, double-click the slice with the Slice Select tool to display the Slice
Options dialog box.
2 In the Slice Options dialog box, type the desired text.
Message Text Changes the default message in the browser’s status area for a selected slice or slices. By default, the
slice’s URL, if any, is displayed.
Alt Tag/Alt Specifies an Alt tag for a selected slice or slices. The Alt text appears in place of the slice image in
nongraphical browsers. It also appears in place of the image while the image is downloading and as a tool tip in some
browsers.
Add HTML text to a slice
When you choose a slice of type No Image, you can enter text to be displayed in the slice area of the resulting web page.
This can be plain text or text formatted with standard HTML tags. You
can also select vertical and horizontal
alignment options. For more information on specific HTML tags, see an HTML reference.