FLASH CS3
User Guide
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The title and description you enter is a human readable title and a human readable description. These fields are not
intended for keywords to provide greater search results. Instead, these fields are made available to search engines that
index SWF files, and display the contents of the title and description field in their search results. Search metadata
can be exported to any version of Flash. While it was introduced in Flash 8, Flash Player ignores tags it does not
understand, thus Flash 8 exports it to all versions.
Note:
Flash lets you make the settings you specify in the Document Properties dialog box the default settings for any
Flash document that you create. The exception to this is the Title and Description, which you need to specify for each
Flash document that you create.
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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 12
fps (the default) is sufficient.
4
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 button 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.
5
To set the background color of your document, click the triangle in the Background Color control and select a
color from the palette.
6
To specify the unit of measure for rulers that you can display along the top and side of the application window,
select an option from the pop-up menu in the upper right. (This setting also determines the units used in the Info
panel.)
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Do one of the following:
•
To make the new settings the default properties for the current document only, click OK.
•
To make the new settings the default properties for all new documents, click Make Default.
Change document properties using the Property inspector
1
Deselect all assets, then select the Selection tool.
2
In the Property inspector (Window
>
Properties > Properties), click the Size control to display the Document
Properties dialog box.
3
To select a background color, click the triangle in the Background color control and select a color from the palette.
4
For Frame Rate, enter the number of animation frames to appear every second.
5
For Publish, click the Settings button to display the Publish Settings dialog box with the Flash tab selected. For
more information, see “Publishing Flash documents” on page 418.
6
If you are developing content for mobile devices such as cell phones, click the Settings button to display the Device
Settings dialog box, which lets you choose devices to test mobile content and provides information on ActionScript
support for each device you select.
