MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-GETTING STARTED WITH FLASH Getting Started page 46

To move the focus through the controls in a panel:
Press the Tab key when the focus is currently applied to the panel options menu. Press the Tab
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key repeatedly to move the focus through the controls in the panel.
Press Enter (Windows only) to activate the currently selected panel control.
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Navigating dialog box controls using keyboard shortcuts (Windows only)
In Windows operating systems, you can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate controls in dialog
boxes. You can move from one control to another, apply controls, or cancel and exit the
dialog box.
To navigate dialog box controls using keyboard shortcuts, do any of the following:
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Press Tab to move through the controls in the dialog box.
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To move through the controls within one section of a dialog box, press the Up Arrow and
Down Arrow keys. For example, in the Spelling Setup dialog box, press the Up Arrow and
Down Arrow keys to move through the controls within the Document Options section.
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When the focus is applied to a dialog box control button—such as the OK, Cancel, or Apply
button—press Enter to activate the button (equivalent to clicking the button).
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When the focus is not applied to any dialog box control button—such as the OK, Cancel, or
Apply button—press Enter to apply the current settings and close the dialog box (equivalent to
clicking OK).
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Press Escape to close the dialog box without applying the changes (equivalent to
clicking Cancel).
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When the focus is applied to the Help button, press Enter or Spacebar to view the Help
content for the dialog box (equivalent to clicking Help).
Selecting the Stage or objects on the Stage using keyboard shortcuts
You can select the Stage or an object on the Stage using keyboard shortcuts. Selecting the Stage
with a keyboard shortcut is equivalent to clicking on the Stage. Any other element currently
selected becomes deselected when the Stage is selected.
Once the Stage is selected, you can use the Tab key to navigate through all objects on all layers,
one at a time. You can select instances (including graphic symbols, buttons, movie clips, bitmaps,
videos, or sounds), groups, or text fields. You cannot select shapes (such as rectangles) unless those
shapes are instances of symbols. You cannot select more than one object at a time using keyboard
shortcuts. Objects are selected on the Stage using the following criteria:
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If an object is currently selected, pressing Shift+Tab selects the previous object.
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Pressing Tab the first time selects the first object that was created on the active frame in the
active layer. When the last object on the top layer is selected, pressing Tab moves to the next
layer beneath it and selects the first object there, and so on.
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When the last object on the last layer is selected, pressing Tab moves to the next frame and
selects the first object on the top layer there.
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