Macromedia flash mx 2004-learning flash User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Contents

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• Learning Macromedia Flash MX 2004

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  • Learning Flash overview

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    • About the lessons

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    • Where to start

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    • Typographical conventions

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  • Additional resources for learning Flash

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    • About the electronic manuals and lessons

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    • Using the Help panel

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      • Accessing help

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      • Updating the Help panel

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• Create a Document

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  • Take a tour of the user interface

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    • Select panel sets and arrange panels

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    • Use tools to create Flash content

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    • Undo actions

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    • View the Timeline

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  • Change background and Stage size

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  • Change your view of the Stage

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  • View the Library panel

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  • Add graphics to the Stage

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  • Add video

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  • View object properties

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  • Add video control behaviors

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  • Use the Movie Explorer to view the document structure

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  • Test the document

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  • Find help

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  • Summary

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• Create Accessible Flash Content

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Specify that your document be accessible to screen readers

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  • Provide a document title and description

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  • Provide a title and description for instances

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  • Specify that screen readers ignore elements in your document

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  • Change static text to dynamic text for accessibility

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  • Control the tab order and reading order

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  • About testing your document with screen readers

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  • Summary

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• Write Scripts with ActionScript

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Create an instance of a symbol

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  • Name button instances

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  • Initialize the document

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  • About ActionScript syntax

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  • Locate ActionScript reference documentation

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  • Add comments to ActionScript

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  • Write a function for a button

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  • Copy and modify a button function

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  • Check syntax and test your application

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  • Summary

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• Create an Application

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Copy input and dynamic text fields

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  • Name text fields

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  • Add and name a Button component

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  • Declare variables and values for the prices

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  • Specify values for input text fields

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  • Write a function

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  • Write an event handler for the component

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  • Test your application

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  • Summary

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• Work with Layers

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Select a layer

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  • Hide and show layers

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  • Lock a layer

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  • Add and name a layer

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  • Change the order of layers

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  • Organize layers in a folder

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  • Add a mask layer

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  • Add a guide layer

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  • Delete a layer

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  • Summary

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• Create a User Interface with Layout Tools

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Use guides to align an object

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  • Change the Stage size

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  • Resize objects to match the Stage size

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  • Specify snap alignment settings

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  • Align an object using the alignment guides

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  • Align objects using the Align panel

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  • Snap objects to each other

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  • Align objects using the Property inspector

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  • Align objects using the grid and arrow keys

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  • Summary

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• Draw in Flash

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Select a shape tool

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  • Select options to create a polygon

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  • Draw a polygon

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  • Rotate the shape

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  • Use the cut-out feature

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  • Transform the shape of your drawing

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  • Copy strokes

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  • Draw with the Line tool

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  • Select and add a different fill color

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  • Group the shape

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  • Create a logo with the Pen tool

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  • Summary

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• Create Symbols and Instances

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • About creating symbols

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  • Create a graphic symbol

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  • Duplicate and modify an instance of a symbol

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  • Modify a symbol

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  • Create a movie clip symbol

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  • Assign an instance name to the movie clip

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  • Add an effect to the movie clip

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  • Summary

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• Add Animation and Navigation to Buttons

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Create a button from grouped objects

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  • Name a button instance

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  • View the hit area by enabling buttons

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  • Change the hit area of a button

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  • Align buttons

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  • Create animation for a button state

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  • Add an action to a button

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  • Add navigation to a button

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  • Test the SWF file

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  • Summary

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• Add Static, Input, and Dynamic Text

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Create an expanding-width text block

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  • Create a fixed-width text block

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  • Edit text and change font attributes

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  • Select device fonts

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  • Add an input text field

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  • Copy a text field

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  • Assign instance names to text fields

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  • Create a dynamic text field

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  • Specify format options

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  • View ActionScript for the dynamic text field

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  • Test the SWF file

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  • Check spelling

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  • Summary

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• Create a Timeline Animation

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Create a motion tween

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  • Create a shape tween

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  • Copy and paste keyframes in an animation

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  • Change the speed of the animation

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    • Change the frames per second speed

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    • Change the acceleration and deceleration

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  • Test the SWF file

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  • Summary

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• Create a Presentation with Screens (Flash Professional Only)

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • View the screen hierarchy and screen Timelines

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  • View screen properties

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  • Add content to a presentation slide

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  • Add screen navigation behaviors to buttons

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  • Add and name a slide

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  • Select and move slides

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  • Add content to a new slide

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  • Add transition behaviors

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  • Test your presentation

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  • Summary

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• Add Interactivity with ActionScript

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Name button instances

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  • Add a scene

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  • Move between scenes

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  • Control the document with a stop() action

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  • Link a button to a scene

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  • Add navigation to return to Scene 1

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  • Play a movie clip

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    • Use the attachMovie() method to play a movie clip

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    • Specify movie clip Stage coordinates

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    • Unload the movie clip

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  • Use a behavior to play an MP3 file

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  • Test your document

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  • Summary

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• Create a Form with Conditional Logic and Send Data

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • Add an input text field to collect form data

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  • Add a Submit button to the form

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  • Add an error message

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  • Add a confirmation message

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  • Add a stop() action

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  • Add frame labels for navigation

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  • Add conditional logic for the Submit button

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  • Pass data out of a SWF file

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  • Write a function for the Try Again button

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  • Test your SWF file

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  • Summary

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• Work with Objects and Classes Using ActionScript 2.0

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  • Set up your workspace

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  • About classes and object types

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  • Creating an object from a class

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    • Modify your script

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  • Creating a custom class

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    • Specify the data type for method return values

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    • Build a custom class

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  • Create two objects from the Product class

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  • About extending existing classes

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  • Extend the MovieClip class to create a new class

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  • Summary

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