MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH, Getting Started

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56 Flash Basics
To move the Timeline when it is docked to the application
window:
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Drag the gripper at the left of the word Timeline in the panel title bar.
To dock an undocked Timeline:
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Drag the Timeline title bar to an edge of the application window. Press
Control and drag to prevent the Timeline from docking.
To lengthen or shorten layer name fields:
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Drag the bar separating the layer names and the frames portions of
the Timeline.
To resize the Timeline, do one of the following:
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If the Timeline is docked to the main application window, drag the bar
separating the Timeline from the Stage area.
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If the Timeline is not docked to the main application window, drag the
lower-right corner (Windows) or the size box in the lower-right corner
(Macintosh).
Moving the playhead
The playhead moves through the timeline as a document plays to indicate
the current frame displayed on the Stage. The Timeline header shows the
frame numbers of the animation. To display a frame on the Stage, you
move the playhead to the frame in the Timeline.
When you’re working with a large number of frames that can’t all be
displayed in the Timeline at once, you can move the playhead along the
Timeline to easily display a specific frame.
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