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68 Flash Basics
Using the Customize Tools panel dialog box, you can specify which tools
to display in the Flash authoring environment. For more information, see
“Customizing the Tools panel” on page 68 .
For information on using the drawing and painting tools, see “About Flash
drawing and painting tools” in
Using Flash . For information on using the
selection tools, see “Selecting objects” in Using Flash . For information on
using the view modification tools, see “Moving the view of the Stage”
on page 54 .
To show or hide the Tools panel:
■
Select Window > Tools.
Selecting tools
You can select tools by clicking in the Tools panel, or by using a keyboard
shortcut.
To select a tool, do one of the following:
■
Click the tool you want to use. Depending on the tool you select, a set
of modifiers may be displayed in the options area at the bottom of the
Tools panel.
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Press the tool’s keyboard shortcut. You can view the keyboard shortcuts
by selecting Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
■
To select a tool located in the pop-up menu for a visible tool such as the
Rectangle tool, press the icon of the visible tool and select another tool
from the pop-up menu.
Customizing the Tools panel
You can customize the Tools panel to specify which tools appear in the
authoring environment. You use the Customize Tools panel dialog box to
add or remove tools from the Tools panel.
You can display more than one tool in one location. When more than one
tool is displayed in a location, the top tool in the group (the most recently
used) is displayed with an arrow in the lower-right corner of its icon. When
you press and hold the mouse button on the icon, the other tools in the
group appear in a pop-up menu. You can then select a tool from the menu.
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