Change The Stage Size; Resize Objects To Match The Stage Size - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-LEARNING FLASH Manual

On the Stage, click the upper left corner of the text block and drag it to the intersection of the
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two guides.
A small circle appears when the selection snaps to the guides.
If you want to remove the guides, select View > Guides > Clear Guides.
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Change the Stage size

The Stage size of your document is 750 pixels x 500 pixels. You'll change the Stage size to
640 x 480, a common size that supports a wide variety of screen sizes and resolutions.
Click in a blank area of the work area to deselect the text block.
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In the Property inspector, you see properties for the entire document. Click the Size button.
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In the Document Properties dialog box, enter 640 for the width and 480 for the height, and
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click OK.
The document size changes, but the objects on the Stage remain the same size.

Resize objects to match the Stage size

When you changed the Stage size, art on the Stage extended off the Stage and into the work area.
You can easily resize the art to match the Stage size again.
On the Stage, click the gray mountains to select them. Shift-click the blue banner at the top of
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the Stage to add it to the selection.
Open the Align panel (Window > Design Panels > Align).
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Tooltips appear in the Align panel showing the names of alignment options.
In the Align panel, select To Stage; then, under Match Size, select Match Width. The size of
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the selected art changes to match the width of the Stage.
Still in the Align panel, click Align Left Edge.
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The art aligns to the left edge of the Stage.
In the Timeline, click the Bevel layer to select it.
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From the Library panel (Window > Library), drag the bevel graphic to any area toward the
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bottom of the Stage.
In the Align panel, verify that To Stage is still selected, and click Match Width.
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