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To create a new cast member from the Insert menu:
Open the Cast window for the cast member you are creating.
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To place a cast member in a specific position in the Cast window, select the position in
Thumbnail view. For more information, see
Otherwise, Director places the new cast member in the first empty position or after the current
selection in the Cast window.
Select Insert > Media Element, and then select the type of cast member to create.
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For more information about each choice, see the following sections:
"Using the Paint window" on page 102
"Using the Color Palettes window" on page 151
"Streaming linked Shockwave Audio and MP3 audio files" on page 238
"Creating text cast members" on page 165
"Embedding fonts in movies" on page 164
"Creating an animated color cursor cast member" on page 299
"Drawing vector shapes" on page 135
"Using Flash Content" on page 181
"Using Windows Media files in Director" on page 252
"Using DVD media content in Director" on page 254
"About digital video formats" on page 244
"Using animated GIFs" on page 101
To create a control or button, do one of the following:
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Select Insert > Control > Push Button, Radio Button, or Check Box to create a button cast
member and a sprite on the Stage. For more information, see
Select Insert > Control > Field to create a field cast member. Creating a field cast member
also creates a sprite on the Stage. For more information, see
on page 172.
(Windows only) Select Insert > Control >ActiveX to create an ActiveX cast member. For
more information, see
Note: You can also use Flash components to create controls and buttons. For more information
about using Flash components, see
To create a cast member in a media editing window:
Open a media editing window by selecting Window and then selecting the type of cast member
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you want to create (Paint, Vector Shape, Text, Windows Media, DVD, and so on).
Click the New Cast Member button to create a cast member of the corresponding type. The
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cast member is added to the most recently active Cast window.
New Cast Member button
"Using Cast Thumbnail view" on page
"Using ActiveX controls" on page
"Selecting Flash components" on page
"Using shapes" on page
"Working with fields"
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Creating cast members
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