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76 Studio Basics
Using the Tools panel
The tools in the Tools panel let you draw, paint, select, and modify
artwork, as well as change the view of the Stage. The Tools panel is divided
into four sections:
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The tools area contains drawing, painting, and selection tools.
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The view area contains tools for zooming and panning in the
application window.
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The colors area contains modifiers for stroke and fill colors.
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The options area displays modifiers for the currently selected tool.
Modifiers affect the tool’s painting or editing operations.
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 77 .
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 62 .
To show or hide the Tools panel:
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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:
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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.
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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.
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