questions on slices

I have 2 questions on using slice tool.

1. Is it possible to create multiple sets of slices for different screens? I have some areas that do not change but content area changes depending on screen. If I add slices or delete slices, it's permanently changed. I would like to have different slices so that I can turn on and off depending on which HTML pages I'm generating. Is there an option to do that? If not can Fireworks do that?

2. set the image format to output for slices. Some may be better with GIF and others may be better with JPG. I thought I could do that in Photoshop 7 but I can't find it in CS2. I can't find that option.

Thanks for the help,

cpliu

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I have 2 questions on using slice tool.

1. Is it possible to create multiple sets of slices for different screens? I have some areas that do not change but content area changes depending on screen. If I add slices or delete slices, it's permanently changed. I would like to have different slices so that I can turn on and off depending on which HTML pages I'm generating. Is there an option to do that? If not can Fireworks do that?

I do that with javascript. If you find an easier way, let me know.

2. set the image format to output for slices. Some may be better with GIF and others may be better with JPG. I thought I could do that in Photoshop 7 but I can't find it in CS2. I can't find that option.

With CS2, yes. Create your slices. Take Save-For-Web. You can click on each slice to save various slices as GIF or JPEG (for example) with various compressions. One Save does the trick. It's quite good.

Thanks for the answer. For saving by GIF or JPEG, do you need to select the right format each time? Does it remember the setting after you save the slices the first time? I thought there was a place to select the format before.

Another question on slices, can the slices move with the graphic. I need to enlarge the canvas size, and move some of the graphic elements to the bottom. The slices stay with the old location. Is there a way to have them moving with the new location? Also, can you import slices from another file?

Thanks,