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Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Flash CS5
Opening an existing movie
If you want to work on a movie that you already created when you first open
Flash, choose the movie from the Open a Recent Item section of the Startup
screen, or click Open to find the file. If you already opened a movie and
have the menus available, press Ctrl+O (Windows) or Ô+O (Mac) or choose
File➪Open; then double-click the movie to open it. The first frame appears on
your screen, and you can edit the movie any way you want.
When you open more than one movie, you see a tab at the top for each
movie. You can click the tabs to move from movie to movie. The tabs appear
in the order you created or opened the movies.
Taking a Look Around
The Flash screen is different from screens in other programs that you might
be used to, so take the time to get to know it. You can also customize the
Flash screen. Figure 1-3 shows one possible display.
Stage
Property inspectorFilename tab Menu bar
Edit bar
Tools panelTimelinePlayhead
Figure 1-3: The Flash screen.
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