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Part I: A Blast of Flash
✓ Tab: Double-click the tab at the
top (which reads Properties)
to collapse the Property inspec-
tor completely (you see just the
tab); click the tab to restore it
to its full glory.
✓ Collapse to Icons button: Click
the small double arrows at the
top of the Property inspector to
switch between an icon and the
open state.
✓ Title bar: Click the gray bar at
the top to minimize or maximize
the Property inspector. In the
default configuration, the top
bar also applies to the Library.
Discovering the
Flash menus
Most drawing functions are available
only from the Tools panel. You often
use the Timeline for creating anima-
tion, as we discuss in the “Following
a timeline” section, later in this chap-
ter. Almost every other function in
Flash is on a menu somewhere. You
just need to find it. In general, we
discuss the specific menu functions
where appropriate throughout this
book. Table 1-1 offers an overview of
the menus.
Table 1-1 Flash Menus
Menu Use It To
Flash (Mac only) Set preferences, create keyboard shortcuts, and quit
Flash.
File Open and close files, save files, import and export files, print, pub-
lish movies for the Web, send a movie via e-mail, and quit Flash.
Figure 1-5: The Property inspector.
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