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Adding a basic action to a frame To add a basic action to a frame, follow these steps: 1. Create a new layer for your actions (if you haven t already done so). Chapter 6 explains how to add a new layer. 2. Click a keyframe. If the frame that you want to use is not a keyframe, right-click it (Windows) or Control+click it (Mac) and choose Insert Keyframe. 3. Choose Window.Actions to open the Actions panel (refer to Figure 10-2) if it isn t already open. If necessary, click the Actions panel title bar to expand the panel. And if the left pane of the Actions panel is not visible, click the tiny triangle in the middle of the left side of the Actions panel to make the left pane appear. 4. Click the Script Assist button on the right side of the Actions window if it isn t already enabled. In Script Assist mode, the right-hand side of the Actions window is split in half into two horizontal sections, so that the upper-right pane of the Actions window can display any parameters you need to type in to write your actions. Using Script Assist makes creating actions much easier for you. We love it, and leave it on all the time, and suggest that you do, too. 5. Click a category and subcategory in the left pane of the Actions panel and either double-click an action or drag the action to the right side. You can also click the plus sign, choose a category, and then choose an action from the submenu. 6. If the action requires parameters, type the required information at the top of the Actions panel. We list the details of specific actions and their parameters later in this chapter. You can continue to add actions by repeating Steps 4 through 6. If you want to get the Actions panel out of the way, click the panel s title bar. Stopping the movie before it starts A simple example of using a frame action is to place a Stop action at the beginning of the movie. You might provide a button that starts the movie so 218 Part IV: Total Flash-o-Rama
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