Macromedia studio 8-exploring studio 8 User Manual

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You can change the height of layers in the Timeline in order to display 
more information (such as sound waveforms) in the Timeline. You can also 
change the number of layers displayed in the Timeline.
To show or hide a layer or folder, do one of the following:
Click in the Eye column to the right of the layer or folder name in the 
Timeline to hide that layer or folder. Click in it again to show the layer 
or folder.
Click the eye icon to hide all the layers and folders in the Timeline. 
Click it again to show all layers and folders.
Drag through the Eye column to show or hide multiple layers 
or folders.
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh) in the Eye column to 
the right of a layer or folder name to hide all other layers and folders. 
Alt-click or Option-click it again to show all layers and folders.
To view the contents of a layer as outlines, do one of the 
following:
Click in the Outline column to the right of the layer’s name to display 
all objects on that layer as outlines. Click in it again to turn off outline 
display.
Click the outline icon to display objects on all layers as outlines. Click 
it again to turn off outline display on all layers.
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh) in the Outline 
column to the right of a layer’s name to display objects on all other 
layers as outlines. Alt-click or Option-click in it again to turn off the 
outline display for all layers.
To change a layer’s outline color:
1.
Do one of the following:
Double-click the layer’s icon (the icon to the left of the layer name) 
in the Timeline.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the layer 
name and select Properties from the context menu.
Select the layer in the Timeline and select Modify > Layer.
2.
In the Layer Properties dialog box, click the Outline Color box and 
select a new color, enter the hexadecimal value for a color, or click the 
Color Picker button and select a color. 
3.
Click OK.
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