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Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Flash CS5

To turn the words and the logo into symbols, follow these steps:

1. To get a better view of your image, click the Zoom Control drop-down

list (upper-right corner of the Stage area) and choose 200%.

If you don’t see the Zoom Control drop-down list, choose Window➪

Toolbars➪Edit Bar to display it.

Use the scroll bar to scroll the words of the logo into view, if necessary.

2. Click the Selection tool on the Tools panel if it’s not already selected.

3. Click the upper-right corner of

the word Rainbow (just above

and to the right of the w) and

drag to the lower-left corner of

the first letter, R.

Dragging from right to left makes

it easier to avoid selecting the

logo at the same time. The entire

word should be selected. If it

isn’t, click outside the word and

try again. Your screen should

look like Figure 1-9.

4. Choose Modify➪Convert to

Symbol.

5. In the Convert to Symbol dialog box, choose Graphic from the Type

drop-down list, enter Rainbow in the Name text box, and then click OK.

When you click OK, Flash places a box around the word so you can see

that it’s one object.

6. Repeat the procedure outlined in Steps 3–5 with the word Resources.

In this case, you might want to start clicking and dragging from the

upper-left area of the word; then choose Modify➪Convert to Symbol

again, enter Resources in the Name text box, and click OK. Now all the

letters of the word Resources are a single object.

7. Click above and to the left of the logo and drag to the lower right to

select the entire logo.

8. Hold down the Shift key and click each word to remove both words

from the selection.

The design portion of the logo is selected.

9. Choose Modify➪Convert to Symbol.

The Convert to Symbol dialog box opens.

10. Enter Lines in the Name text box, and then click OK in the Convert to

Symbol dialog box.

Flash creates a symbol from the lines of the logo’s design.

Figure 1-9: Selecting text to prepare it for

animation.

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