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To select an item in the Movie Explorer:
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Click the item in the navigation tree. Shift-click to select more than one item.
The full path for the selected item appears at the bottom of the Movie Explorer. Selecting a
scene in the Movie Explorer shows the first frame of that scene on the Stage. Selecting an
element in the Movie Explorer selects that element on the Stage if the layer containing the
element is not locked.
To use the Movie Explorer options menu or context menu commands:
Do one of the following:
1.
To view the options menu, click the options menu control in the Movie Explorer's title bar.
To view the context menu, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) an item in
the Movie Explorer navigation tree.
Select an option from the menu:
2.
Go to Location
jumps to the selected layer, scene, or frame in the document.
Go to Symbol Definition
Movie Elements area of the Movie Explorer. The symbol definition lists all the files associated
with the symbol. (The Show Symbol Definitions option must be selected. See its definition in
this list.)
Select Symbol Instances
in the Symbol Definitions area of the Movie Explorer. (The Show Movie Elements option
must be selected.)
Find in Library
highlights the selected symbol in the document's library (Flash opens the
Library panel if it is not already visible).
Rename
lets you enter a new name for a selected element.
Edit in Place
lets you edit a selected symbol on the Stage.
Edit in New Window
Show Movie Elements
Show Symbol Definitions
Copy All Text to Clipboard
an external text editor for spell checking or other editing.
Cut , Copy , Paste , and
Modifying an item in the display list modifies the corresponding item in the document.
Expand Branch expands the navigation tree at the selected element.
Collapse Branch collapses the navigation tree at the selected element.
Collapse Others collapses the branches in the navigation tree not containing the selected
element.
Print prints the hierarchical display list that appears in the Movie Explorer.
jumps to the symbol definition for a symbol that is selected in the
jumps to the scene containing instances of a symbol that is selected
lets you edit a selected symbol in a new window.
shows the elements in your document organized into scenes.
shows all the elements associated with a symbol.
copies selected text to the Clipboard. You can paste the text into
Clear perform these common functions on a selected element.
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