Set Up Your Workspace; About Creating Symbols - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH Tutorials Manual

118 Basic Tasks: Create Symbols and Instances

Set up your workspace

First, you'll open the start file for the lesson and set up your workspace to
use an optimal layout for taking lessons.
1.
To open your start file, in Flash select File > Open and navigate to
the file:
In Windows, browse to boot drive\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash
8\Samples and Tutorials\Tutorial Assets\Basic Tasks\Create
Symbols and Instances and double-click symbols_start.fla.
On the Macintosh, browse to Macintosh HD/Applications/
Macromedia Flash 8/Samples and Tutorials/Tutorial Assets/Basic
Tasks/Create Symbols and Instances and double-click
symbols_start.fla.
The Create Symbols and Instances folder contains completed versions of
the tutorial FLA files for your reference.
The document opens in the Flash authoring environment.
2. Select File > Save As and save the document with a new name, in the
same folder, to preserve the original start file.
As you complete this lesson, remember to save your work frequently.
3.
Select Window > Workspace Layout > Default to configure your
workspace.

About creating symbols

When you create a symbol, you specify one of the following symbol
behaviors:
Graphic
Movie clip
Button
In this lesson, you'll work with graphic and movie clip symbols. For a
lesson about button symbols, select Help > Flash Tutorials > Basic Tasks:
Add Button Animation and Navigation.