Ctrl+X (Windows) or +X (Mac): Cut to (Web hosting resellers)
Ctrl+X (Windows) or +X (Mac): Cut to the Clipboard. Chapter 4 explains more about using the Clipboard. Ctrl+C (Windows) or +C (Mac): Copy to the Clipboard. Ctrl+V (Windows) or +V (Mac): Paste from the Clipboard. Ctrl+Z (Windows) or +Z (Mac): Undo. Would you believe that by default Flash remembers your last 100 actions and can undo them? What a relief! And if you choose Window.Other Panels.History, the History panel lists each action, so you know what the next Undo will undo. Think of it as a journey into the long-forgotten past. (See Chapter 4 for more on the History panel, and see Appendix A for details on customizing the number of Undos that Flash remembers.) Ctrl+Y (Windows) or +Y (Mac): Redo. This redoes actions that you undid by using the Undo button. (Got that?) This button remembers just as many actions as the Undo button. If you undo more actions than you want, click Redo (or press Ctrl+Y/ +Y) until you re back where you want to be. Using the Undo and Redo buttons is like traveling through Flash time and it gives you lots of slack while you re working. Ctrl+Q (Windows) or +Q (Mac): Exit Flash. We mention other keyboard shortcuts throughout this book when we discuss their corresponding commands. You should note, although it s not a shortcut, that you can find the Zoom Control box in the upper-right corner of your screen if you open the Edit bar (choose Window.Toolbars.Edit Bar). Click the arrow and choose a zoom factor to zoom in and out. Zooming doesn t change the actual size of objects it just makes them look bigger or smaller. You aren t limited to the choices on the Zoom drop-down list. Type a number in the Zoom Control box and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac) to set your own zoom factor. For example, type 85 to set the zoom factor to 85 percent. Staging your movies The white box in the center of your screen is the Stage. Think of the Stage as a movie screen where you place objects. You can place graphics and text there and then animate them. Flash also plays back movies on the Stage. Around the edge of the Stage is a gray area called the Pasteboard. You can use the Pasteboard to store graphics that you plan to use soon but don t want on the Stage just yet. (For more permanent storage, use the Library, as we explain in Chapter 2.) You can also store data and other nongraphical content on the Pasteboard. Content that you put on the Pasteboard doesn t appear in your Flash movie. 18 Part I: A Blast of Flash
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