User Guide

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CHAPTER 1
Create a Document
You’re about to experience the power of Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Macromedia Flash MX
Professional 2004. You’ll see how, in a few minutes, you can create a compelling web experience
that combines video, text, graphics, and media control behaviors. In the process, you’ll learn
about the Flash authoring environment as you accomplish the following tasks:
• Tour the user interface
• Dock and undock panels
• Change the background and Stage size
• Change your view of the Stage
• View your document library
• Add graphics to the Stage
• Add video
• View object properties
• Add video control behaviors
• Use the Movie Explorer to view the document structure
• Tes t t he d oc u m en t
• Find help
Before taking this lesson, we recommend that you read Getting Started with Flash, to learn about
the Flash workspace. To access this guide, select Help > Getting Started in Flash Help.