MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual page 13

To open an existing document:
Select File > Open.
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In the Open dialog box, navigate to the file or enter the path to the file in the Go To text box.
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Click Open.
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To set properties for a new or existing document in the Document Properties dialog box:
With the document open, select Modify > Document.
1.
The Document Properties dialog box appears.
For Frame Rate, enter the number of animation frames to appear every second. For most
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computer-displayed animations, especially those playing from a website, 8 frames per second
(fps) to 12 fps is sufficient (12 fps is the default frame rate).
For Dimensions, do one of the following:
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To specify the Stage size in pixels, enter values in the Width and Height text boxes.
The default document size is 550 x 400 pixels. The minimum size is 1 x 1 pixels; the
maximum is 2880 x 2880 pixels.
To set the Stage size so that there is equal space around the content on all sides, click the
Contents button to the right of Match. To minimize document size, align all elements to
the upper left corner of the Stage, and then click Contents.
To set the Stage size to the maximum available print area, click Printer. This area is
determined by the paper size minus the current margin selected in the Margins area of the
Page Setup dialog box (Windows) or the Print Margins dialog box (Macintosh).
To set the Stage size to the default size, click Default.
To set the background color of your document, click the triangle in the Background Color box
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and select a color from the palette.
To specify the unit of measure for rulers that you can display along the top and side of the
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application window, select an option from the pop-up menu in the upper right. For more
information, see "Using the grid, guides, and rulers" in Getting Started with Flash.(This setting
also determines the units used in the Info panel.)
Do one of the following:
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To make the new settings the default properties for your new document only, click OK.
To make the new settings the default properties for all new documents, click Make Default.
To create a new document from a template:
Select File > New.
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Click the Templates tab.
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Select a category from the Category list, and select a document from the Category Items list.
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Click OK.
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To open a new window in the current document:
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Select Window > New Window.
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