Positioning Sprites - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual

To lock a sprite:
In the Stage or the Score, select one or more sprites to lock, and do one of the following:
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Select Modify > Lock Sprite.
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On the Sprite tab of the Property inspector, click the padlock icon.
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Right-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh), and select Lock Sprite from the
context menu.
In the Score, a locked sprite appears with a padlock in front of its name. On the Stage, a locked
sprite appears with a padlock in its upper right corner.
To select a locked sprite on the Stage:
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Hold down the L key while selecting the sprite.
To unlock a sprite:
In the Score or on the Stage, select one or more sprites to unlock.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Modify > Unlock Sprite.
On the Sprite tab in the Property inspector, click the padlock icon.
Right-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh), and select Unlock Sprite from the
context menu.

Positioning sprites

The easiest way to position a sprite is to simply drag the sprite into place on the Stage. To position
a sprite more precisely, you can do any of the following:
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Set a sprite's position on the Stage by entering coordinates in the Property inspector.
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Use the Tweak window.
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Use guides or the grid.
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Use the Align window.
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Use the arrow keys to manually move a selected sprite.
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Set the sprite's coordinates in Lingo or JavaScript syntax.
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