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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL
Creating and Editing Artwork
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A mixed selection, if you select multiple items. The pixel dimensions and x and y coordinates of the selected set of
items.
You can use a shape’s Property inspector to change that object’s stroke and fill.
To prevent a group or symbol from being selected and accidentally changed, lock the group or symbol.
See also
“
Creating and Editing Artwork
” on page 91
“
Colors, gradients, and strokes
” on page 126
“
Group objects
” on page 121
“
About symbols
” on page 147
Select objects with the Selection tool
The Selection tool
lets you select entire objects by clicking an object or dragging to enclose the object within a
rectangular selection marquee.
Note:
To select the Selection tool, you can also press the V key. To temporarily switch to the Selection tool when another
tool is active, hold down the Control key (Windows) or Command key (Macintosh).
To disable the Shift-selecting option, deselect the option in Flash General Preferences. See “
Set preferences in Flash
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on page 37. Instances, groups, and type blocks must be completely enclosed to be selected.
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To select a stroke, fill, group, instance, or text block, click the object.
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To select connected lines, double-click one of the lines.
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To select a filled shape and its stroked outline, double-click the fill.
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To select objects within a rectangular area, drag a marquee around the object or objects to select.
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To add to a selection, hold down the Shift key while making additional selections.
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To select everything on every layer of a scene, select Edit > Select All, or press A (Windows) or
A (Macintosh). Select All doesn’t select objects on locked or hidden layers, or layers not on the current
Timeline.
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To deselect everything on every layer, select Edit > Deselect All, or press Shift+A (Windows) or
Shift+A (Macintosh).
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To select everything on one layer between keyframes, click a frame in the Timeline.
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To lock or unlock a group or symbol, select the group or symbol, and then select Modify > Arrange > Lock. Select
Modify > Arrange > Unlock All to unlock all locked groups and symbols.
Draw a freehand selection area
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Drag the Lasso tool
around the area.
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End the loop approximately where you started, or let Flash automatically close the loop with a straight line.
Draw a straight-edged selection area
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Select the Lasso tool’s Polygon Mode modifier
in the options area of the Tools panel.
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Click to set the starting point.
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Position the pointer where you want the first line to end, and click. Continue setting end points for additional line
segments.
Updated 5 March 2009
