MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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Index 621
Stage Selection sprite preference 158
Stage Size option 27
Stage Size projector options 583
Standard Import option 147
not supported for AVI and Quicktime files 147
start frame 163, 173
state of member property 328
statements
calling 394
definition of 390
order run in 386, 410
Step Into button, uses for 439
step recording 199
Step Script button, uses for 439
Storyboard Format 49
streaming 449
controlling with Lingo 595
external sounds 326
flash movies with Lingo 300
making movies for 591
MP3 audio 326
options 592
score-based 594
Shockwave Audio 326
sound 320, 325
string operators 410
strings
changing with Lingo 291
syntax for 405
stroke settings for vector shapes 248
subdivision surfaces (SDS) 469
modifier 500
Subtract ink 184
sweep 475
Switch colors (Paint window) 218
switching cast members 193
symbols
definition of 407
uses for 407
Sync to Soundtrack digital video property 335
synchronizing
cue points with Lingo 329
events 267
syntax
case-sensitivity in Lingo 391, 405
errors 428
for cast members and casts 406
for decimal and floating-point numbers 405
for frames and movies 406
for integers 405
syntax (continued)
for lists 398
for strings 405
of Lingo elements 390
troubleshooting 426
system events, relaying to child objects 425
system requirements 13
T
Tab key, using to reformat script 414
tempo
comparing actual 269
controlling 269
controlling from Lingo 269
for animated GIFs 205
making consistent across different computers 269
settings 267
using the channel 267
Terminate at Markers option 158
testing movies 567, 601
text
anti-aliased 280
changing strings with Lingo 291
checking for user clicks with Lingo 379
checking specific with Lingo 290
converting to bitmap 284
creating 275
editing cast members 276
finding and replacing 281
finding in scripts 415
formatting 280
formatting cast members 280
formatting cast members with Lingo 289
formatting from Lingo 288
formatting paragraphs with Lingo 288
hypertext links 282
importing 276
importing from URL 276
importing with Lingo 276
kerning 281
making editable 283
making editable with Lingo 284
printing 48
scrolling with Lingo 290
selecting 277
Text tool 253
See also 3D text
text boxes, formatting with Lingo 289
text cast member properties 285
text editor 462
text files, importing 148