Using Find And Replace - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual

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into an external text editor for spell checking or other editing.
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Modifying an item in the display list modifies the corresponding item in the document.
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element.
Print prints the hierarchical display list that appears in the Movie Explorer.

Using Find and Replace

You can use the Find and Replace feature to find and replace a specified element in a Flash
document. You can search for a text string, a font, a color, a symbol, a sound file, a video file,
or an imported bitmap file.
You can replace the specified element with another element of the same type. Depending on
the type of specified element, there are different options available in the Find and Replace
dialog box.
You can find and replace elements in the current document or the current scene. You can
search for the next occurrence or all occurrences of an element, and you can replace the
current occurrence or all occurrences.
In a screen-based document, you can find and replace elements in the current document
or the current screen, but you can't use scenes. For information on working with screens,
see Chapter 14, "Working with Screens (Flash Professional Only)," on page
The Live Edit option lets you edit the specified element directly on the Stage. If you use Live
Edit when searching for a symbol, Flash opens the symbol in edit-in-place mode.
The Find and Replace Log at the bottom of the Find and Replace dialog box shows the
location, name, and type of the elements for which you are searching.
To open the Find and Replace dialog box:
1.
Select Edit > Find and Replace.
2.
Do one of the following:
Select Current Document from the Search In pop-up menu.
Select Current Scene from the Search In pop-up menu.
48 Working with Flash Documents
shows all the elements associated with a symbol.
copies selected text to the Clipboard. You can paste the text
, and Clear perform these common functions on a selected element.
expands the navigation tree at the selected element.
collapses the navigation tree at the selected element.
collapses the branches in the navigation tree not containing the selected
335.