Menu What It Does View Helps you get
Menu What It Does View Helps you get a better view by letting you zoom in and out; show or hide various parts of the screen; and view a grid for easy layout. Insert Enables you to insert symbols (Chapter 7 explains this topic); insert and delete Timeline features, such as frames and keyframes (see Chapter 9 for more); insert layers (check out Chapter 6); add Timeline effects (see Chapter 9); and add scenes (also in Chapter 9). Modify Helps you modify symbols, shapes, frames, Timeline effects, scenes, or the entire movie. Offers tools for transforming, aligning, grouping, and ungrouping objects, and breaking objects apart. Text Enables you to format text and check spelling. Commands Enables you to reuse and manage saved commands. A command is any action that you take in Flash, such as drawing or editing objects. You can save commands from the History panel. (See Chapter 4.) Control Provides options that let you control the playing of movies; test movies and scenes; engage certain interactive functions; and mute sounds. Window Enables you to open lots of things, including a new window; panels that help you control objects; the Library (more on the Library in Chapter 2); windows for creating interactive controls (which we explain in Chapter 10); and the Movie Explorer (to help manage your movie see Chapter 12). Help Comes to the rescue when you need help. Many menu commands offer keyboard shortcuts. You can also create your own keyboard shortcuts. (See Appendix A for instructions.) The shortcuts are displayed on the menus, next to the command name. Here are some of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts (for more shortcuts, see the tear-out Cheat Sheet at the front of this book): Ctrl+N (Windows) or +N (Mac): Open the New Document dialog box so you can start a new movie. Ctrl+O (Windows) or +O (Mac): Open an existing movie. Ctrl+S (Windows) or +S (Mac): Save your movie. Use this shortcut often! Chapter 1: Getting Aquainted with Flash 8 17
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