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Part I: A Blast of Flash
✓ Ctrl+X (Windows) or Ô+X (Mac): Cut to the Clipboard. Chapter 4
explains more about using the Clipboard.
✓ Ctrl+C (Windows) or Ô+C (Mac): Copy to the Clipboard.
✓ Ctrl+V (Windows) or Ô+V (Mac): Paste from the Clipboard. The copy
goes at the center of the display.
✓ Ctrl+Shift+V (Windows) or Ô+Shift+V: Paste in Place (the same location
as the original).
✓ Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Ô+Z (Mac): Undo. Would you believe that by
default Flash remembers your last 100 actions and can undo them? What
a relief! And if you choose Window➪Other Panels➪History, the History
panel lists each action so you know what the next Undo will undo. Think
of it as a journey into the long-forgotten past. (See Chapter 4 for more
on the History panel, and see the Bonus Chapter at the book’s compan-
ion Web site for details on customizing the number of Undos that Flash
remembers.)
✓ Ctrl+Y (Windows) or Ô+Y (Mac): Redo. This redoes actions that you
undid by using the Undo command. (Got that?) This button remembers
just as many actions as the Undo command. If you undo more actions
than you want, Redo until you’re back where you want to be. Using the
Undo and Redo commands is like traveling through Flash time — and it
gives you lots of slack while you’re working.
We mention other keyboard shortcuts throughout this book when we discuss
their corresponding commands.
Although it’s not a shortcut, note that you can find the Zoom Control box
in the upper-right corner of the Stage — that is, when the Edit bar is open.
(Choose Window➪Toolbars➪Edit Bar if necessary.) Click the arrow and
choose a zoom factor to zoom in and out. Zooming doesn’t change the actual
size of objects — it just makes them look bigger or smaller.
You aren’t limited to the choices on the Zoom drop-down list. Type a number in
the Zoom Control box and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac) to set your
own zoom factor. For example, type 85 to set the zoom factor to 85%.
Customizing the workspace
For the best in customization, you can save any
layout of panels you like. Set up the panels and
choose Window➪Workspace➪New Workspace. In
the New Workspace dialog box that opens, shown
in Figure 1-6, give the layout a name and click
OK. To restore that layout at any time, choose
Window➪Workspace and choose your very own
layout. Choose Window➪Workspace➪Manage Workspaces if you need to
rename or delete a workspace.
Figure 1-6: Make your very own
workspace.
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