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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL
Workspace
The Timeline and Stage with content.
Zoom the Stage
To view the entire Stage on the screen, or to view a particular area of your drawing at high magnification, change the
magnification level. The maximum magnification depends on the resolution of your monitor and the document size.
The minimum value for zooming out on the Stage is 8%. The maximum value for zooming in on the Stage is 2000%.
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To zoom in on an element, select the Zoom tool
in the Tools panel, and click the element. To switch the Zoom
tool between zooming in or out, use the Enlarge
or Reduce
modifiers (in the options area of the Tools panel
when the Zoom tool is selected) or Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh).
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To zoom in so that a specific area of your drawing fills the window, drag a rectangular selection on the Stage with
the Zoom tool.
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To zoom in on or out of the entire Stage, select View
> Zoom In or View
> Zoom Out.
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To zoom in or out by a specified percentage, select View
> Magnification, and select a percentage from the submenu
or select a percentage from the Zoom control at the upper-right corner of the document window.
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To scale the Stage so that it fits completely in the application window, select View
> Magnification
> Fit in Window.
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To show the contents of the current frame, select View
> Magnification
> Show All, or select Show All from the
Zoom control at the upper-right side of the application window. If the scene is empty, the entire Stage appears.
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To show the entire Stage, select View
> Magnification
> Show Frame or select Show Frame from the Zoom control
at the upper-right corner of the document window.
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To show the workspace surrounding the Stage, or to view elements in a scene that are partly or completely outside
of the Stage area, select View
> Pasteboard. The pasteboard appears in light gray. For example, to have a bird fly
into a frame, initially position the bird outside of the Stage in the pasteboard and animate it into the Stage area.
Updated 5 March 2009
