Macromedia studio 8-exploring studio 8 User Manual

232 Tutorial: Building Your First Flash Application

To add the slideShow movieClip to the Stage:

1.

Click the slideShow layer name to make that layer active.

2.

Drag the slideShow symbol from the Library panel to the Stage and 
align its upper-left corner with the upper left corner of the Stage.

3.

With the new movie clip instance still selected on the Stage, go to the 
Property inspector and set the X and Y values to 0 to align the upper-
left corner of the movie clip exactly with the corner of the Stage.

4.

Still in the Property inspector, enter slideShow_mc as the instance name 
for the movie clip

5.

Save your work.

Create the border

Next, you will create a border for the Stage that will make the FMA look 
more visually appealing when you view it in a web page.

To create the border:

1.

In the Timeline, select 100% from the Zoom menu.

2.

In the Timeline, select the border layer by clicking the layer name.

3.

Select the Rectangle tool in the Tools panel.

4.

In the Tools panel, select no color from the Stroke Color Picker.

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