Add Sprites To The Score; Add An Existing Button To The Stage - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-GETTING STARTED WITH DIRECTOR Getting Started

Add sprites to the Score

When you place a cast member on the Stage, the sprite is added to both the Stage and the Score.
You can also place cast members on the Score. When you place a cast member on the Score, the
sprite is added to the Stage as well.
Click the Trio cast member in cast slot 6.
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Drag the Trio cast member to the Score window so that it fills channel 2, just below the
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TitleText sprite. Make sure that the sprite begins in frame 1 of the Score.
Dragging a cast member to the Score centers the sprite on the Stage.

Add an existing button to the Stage

In addition to the title text, the first scene of your movie will contain two buttons. You will
add the first button to the Stage. Then you will create a new button on the Stage to complete
the scene.
You begin by naming the button cast member in cast slot 2 of the Cast window. Earlier, you
named the TitleText cast member by entering a name in the Text window. You can also give cast
members names directly in the Cast window.
Click the button cast member in cast slot 2.
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Click the Cast Member Name text box at the top of the Cast window, and type Animation.
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Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
Drag the Animation button cast member from the Cast window to the Stage. Place it on the
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lower right side of the Stage.
Select the button sprite on the Stage.
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On the Sprite tab of the Property inspector, do the following: In the X text box, type 375. In
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the Y text box, type 300, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
The button sprite is now placed at precise coordinates.
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Cast Member Name text box