MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH Getting Started page 10

About the electronic manuals and lessons
The following electronic manuals are available through the Help panel (Help > Help):
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Getting Started with Flash (or Getting Started Help) provides a hands-on introduction to Flash.
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Using Flash (or Using Flash Help) contains complete information on working in the Flash
authoring tool, including all commands, features, and user interface elements.
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Using Components contains information on adding and configuring components in a Flash
document, as well as information on creating components.
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Using ActionScript in Flash (or Using ActionScript Help)provides a conceptual introduction to
the ActionScript language
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Flash ActionScript Language Reference (or Flash ActionScript Language Reference Help)
documents all actions, methods, and properties in the ActionScript API.
If you are a new user, you'll find the following information useful:
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Getting Started with Flash (or Getting Started Help) provides basic information about the Flash
workspace and guides you in creating a simple document.
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A series of lessons on the How Do I tab offer an introduction to using Flash. Refer to the
Quick Start, Basic Flash, and Basic ActionScript lessons (Help > How Do I).
Using the Help panel
The updatable Help panel provides access to information on how to use Flash. For more
information about the Help panel, see the following sections.
Accessing help
The tabs in the Help panel—Help and How Do I—contain the full set of user assistance
information provided with the Flash application.
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You can select the Help tab to display general help information.
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You can select the How Do I tab to display a list of 10–20 minute lessons that guide you
through many of the features in Flash.
To access help and the table of contents:
Select Help > Help to open the Help panel, or press F1.
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If the table of contents is not visible, click the Table of Contents button to display the Table
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of Contents pane.
A list of help books is displayed. The Help tab is selected by default.
Double-click a book to open it and display its topics.
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Click a topic to select it.
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To close the table of contents, click the X above the Table of Contents pane.
The Help panel contains context-sensitive Reference information which can be accessed from the
Actions panel.
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