MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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Cast Members and Cast Windows 133
To group a Cast panel with another Cast panel or Cast panel group:
1
Select a Cast panel or a tab within a Cast panel group.
2
From the panel’s Options menu, select Group [Panel Name] With, then select a panel or panel
group name from the submenu that appears.
To remove a panel (tab) from a Cast panel group:
1
Select a tab within a Cast panel group.
2
From the panel group’s Options menu, select Group [Panel Name] With, then select New
Panel Group from the submenu that appears.
The selected panel opens in its own floating panel. The new panel assumes the name
previously assigned to it.
Note: The New Panel Group submenu option is dimmed if the panel group only contains a single panel.
To rename a Cast panel group:
1
Select Rename Panel Group from the panel’s Options menu.
2
In the Rename Panel Group dialog box, type a new name for the panel group in the Panel
Group Name text box, and click OK.
To rearrange the order of tabs within a Cast panel group:
1
Select a tab within the Cast panel group.
2
Select Group [Panel Name] With from the panel group’s Options menu, then choose the name
of the Cast panel group that contains the selected panel.
The tab is moved to the last (rightmost) position in the panel group.
Note: Save your panel layout if you want to restore your Cast panel configuration the next time you open your file.
For more information about panel layouts, see “Saving panel layouts” on page 40.
Managing casts in older Director movies
When you open a multicast movie created in a previous version of Director, only the first cast
appears in the Cast window. You can display the remaining casts as tabs in a panel group, or in a
new Cast window.
To open a cast as a tabbed panel:
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In the Cast window, click the Cast button and select the cast from the pop-up menu.
To open a cast in a new window:
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Alt+click (Windows) or click (Macintosh) the Cast button and select a cast from the
pop-up menu.
A dialog box reminds you to save your panel layout if you want to restore the configuration of
your Cast windows the next time you open your file. For more information about panel layouts,
see “Saving panel layouts” on page 40.