Using The Movie Explorer - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

To change the order of a scene in the document:
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Drag the scene name to a different location in the Scene panel.

Using the Movie Explorer

The Movie Explorer provides an easy way for you to view and organize the contents of a
document and select elements in the document for modification. It contains a display list of
currently used elements, arranged in a navigable hierarchical tree. You can filter which categories
of items in the document appear in the Movie Explorer, selecting from text, graphics, buttons,
movie clips, actions, and imported files. You can display the selected categories as scenes, symbol
definitions, or both. And you can expand and collapse the navigation tree.
The Movie Explorer offers many features to streamline the workflow for creating documents. For
example, you can use the Movie Explorer to do the following actions:
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Search for an element in a document by name.
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Familiarize yourself with the structure of a Flash document created by another developer.
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Find all the instances of a particular symbol or action.
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Print the navigable display list that appears in the Movie Explorer.
The Movie Explorer has an options menu as well as a context menu with options for performing
operations on selected items or modifying the Movie Explorer display. The options menu is
indicated by a check mark with a triangle below it in the title bar of the Movie Explorer.
Note: The Movie Explorer has slightly different functionality when you are working with screens. For
more information, see
To view the Movie Explorer:
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Select Window > Other Panels > Movie Explorer.
To filter the categories of items appearing in the Movie Explorer:
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To show text, symbols, ActionScript, imported files, or frames and layers, click one or more of
the filtering buttons to the right of the Show option. To customize which items to show, click
the Customize button. Select options in the Show area of the Movie Explorer Settings dialog
box to view those elements.
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From the options menu in Movie Explorer, select Show Movie Elements to show items
in scenes.
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From the options menu in Movie Explorer, select Show Symbol Definitions to show
information about symbols.
Note: Both the Movie Elements option and the Symbol Definitions option can be active at the
same time.
To search for an item using the Find text box:
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In the Find text box, enter the item name, font name, ActionScript string, or frame number.
The Find feature searches all items that appear in the Movie Explorer.
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Chapter 12, "Working with Screens (Flash Professional Only)," on page 215.