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USING FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL
Managing documents
See also
“
Set preferences in Flash
” on page 37
“
Publishing and Exporting
” on page 379
Create a new document
1
Select File
> New.
2
On the General tab, select Flash Document.
On Windows, you can create a new document of the same type as the last document created by clicking the New File
button in the main toolbar.
Create a new document from a template
1
Select File
> New.
2
Click the Templates tab.
3
Select a category from the Category list, select a document from the Category Items list, and click OK. You can
select standard templates that come with Flash or a template you have already saved.
Open an existing document
1
Select File
> Open.
2
In the Open dialog box, navigate to the file or enter the path to the file in the Go To box.
3
Click Open.
Open a new window for the current document
❖
Select Window
> Duplicate Window.
Set properties for a new or existing document
1
With the document open, select Modify > Document.
The Document Properties dialog box appears.
2
For Frame Rate, enter the number of animation frames to appear every second.
For most computer-displayed animations, especially those playing from a website, 8 frames per second (fps) to 15 fps
is sufficient. When you change the frame rate, the new frame rate becomes the default for new documents.
3
For Dimensions, set the Stage size:
•
To specify the Stage size in pixels, enter values in the Width and Height boxes. The minimum size is 1
x 1 pixels;
the maximum is 2880
x 2880 pixels.
•
To set the Stage size so that there is equal space around the content on all sides, click the Contents option to the
right of Match. To minimize document size, align all elements to the upper-left corner of the Stage, and then click
Contents.
•
To set the Stage size to the maximum available
print area, click Printer. This area is determined by the paper size
minus the current margin selected in the Margins area of the Page Setup dialog box (Windows) or the Print Margins
dialog box (Macintosh).
•
To set the Stage size to the default size, 550
x 400 pixels, click Default.
4
To set the background color of your document, click the triangle in the Background Color control and select a color
from the palette.
Updated 5 March 2009
