MACROMEDIA STUDIO 8-EXPLORING STUDIO 8, Manual

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Flash basics 75
To expand or collapse all folders:
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) and select
Expand All Folders or Collapse All Folders from the context menu.
Using guide layers
For help in aligning objects when drawing, you can create guide layers. You
can then align objects on other layers to the objects you create on the guide
layers. Guide layers are not exported and do not appear in a published
SWF file. You can make any layer a guide layer. Guide layers are indicated
by a guide icon to the left of the layer name.
You can also create a motion guide layer to control the movement of
objects in a motion tweened animation. For more information, see
“Tweening motion along a path” in
Using Flash .
To designate a layer as a guide layer:
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Select the layer and right-click (Windows) or Control-click
(Macintosh) and select Guide from the context menu. Select Guide
again to change the layer back to a normal layer.
About the main toolbar and edit bar
The menu bar at the top of the Flash application window displays menus
with commands for controlling Flash functionality. The menus include
File, Edit, View, Insert, Modify, Text, Commands, Control, Window,
and Help.
The edit bar, at the top of the Timeline, contains controls and information
for editing scenes and symbols, and for changing the magnification level of
the Stage.
For information on changing the Stage magnification level, see “Zooming”
on page 61 . For information on editing symbols, see “Using Symbols,
Instances, and Library Assets” in Using Flash . For information on working
with scenes, see “Working with scenes” in Using Flash .
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Dragging a normal layer onto a guide layer converts the guide layer to a
motion guide layer. To prevent accidentally converting a guide layer, place
all guide layers at the bottom of the layer order.
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