MACROMEDIA STUDIO 8-EXPLORING STUDIO 8 Manual page 84

84 Studio Basics
Panels let you work with objects, colors, text, instances, frames, scenes, and
entire documents. For example, you use the Color Mixer panel to create
colors, and the Align panel to align objects to each other or the Stage. To
view the complete list of panels available in Flash, see the Window menu.
Most panels include a pop-up menu with additional options. This pop-up
menu is indicated by a control at the right end of the panel's title bar. (If no
pop-up menu control appears, there is no pop-up menu for that panel.)
By default, panels appear grouped at the bottom and at the right of the
Flash workspace.
To open a panel:
Select the desired panel from the Window menu.
To close a panel, do one of the following:
Select the desired panel from the Window menu.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the panel's title
bar and select Close Panel Group from the context menu.
To use a panel's pop-up menu:
1. Click the control at the far right in the panel's title bar to view the
pop-up menu.
2.
Click an item in the menu.
Clicking a panel's pop-up menu
To resize a panel:
Drag the panel's border (Windows) or drag the size box at the panel's
lower-right corner (Macintosh).
To expand or collapse a panel to its title bar:
Click the collapse arrow in the title bar. Click the collapse arrow again
to expand the panel to its previous size.
Clicking a panel's collapse arrow