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Modifying selections
You can add to selections, select or deselect everything on every layer in a scene, select everything
between keyframes, or lock and unlock selected symbols or groups.
To add to a selection:
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Hold down the Shift key while making additional selections.
Note: To disable the Shift-selecting option, deselect the option in Flash General Preferences. See
"Setting preferences in Flash" in Getting Started with Flash.
To select everything on every layer of a scene:
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Select Edit > Select All, or press Control+A (Windows) or Command+A (Macintosh).
Select All doesn't select objects on locked or hidden layers, or layers not on the current
Timeline.
To deselect everything on every layer:
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Select Edit > Deselect All, or press Control+Shift+A (Windows) or Command+Shift+A
(Macintosh).
To select everything on one layer between keyframes:
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Click a frame in the Timeline. For more information, see "Using the Timeline"
Started with Flash.
To lock a group or symbol:
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Select the group or symbol and select Modify > Arrange > Lock.
Select Modify > Arrange > Unlock All to unlock all locked groups and symbols.
Selecting objects with the Lasso tool
To select objects by drawing either a freehand or a straight-edged selection area, you can use the
Lasso tool and its Polygon Mode modifier. When using the Lasso tool, you can switch between
the freeform and straight-edged selection modes.
To select objects by drawing a freehand selection area:
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Select the Lasso tool and drag around the area. End the loop approximately where you started,
or let Flash automatically close the loop with a straight line.
To select objects by drawing a straight-edged selection area:
Select the Lasso tool and select the Polygon Mode modifier in the Options section of the Tools
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panel.
Click to set the starting point.
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Position the pointer where you want the first line to end, and click. Continue setting end points
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for additional line segments.
To close the selection area, double-click.
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