Flash Tutorials

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Flash Tutorials

• Learning Flash from Built-In Tutorials that Come
  as Part of Flash

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Built-In Flash Tutorials

• Flash comes with built-in tutorials that enable
  you to get started learning Flash without needing
  to purchase anything extra.
• The tutorials in Flash 8 are improved over those
  in Flash MX 2004.
• Both sets of tutorials, however, can get you
  started on your exciting journey of learning
  flash.

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Tutorial Window Panes

• The trick to learning Flash via the built-in
  tutorials is to set up the Flash desktop in
  tutorial mode.
• To do so, pull down the File menu and choose
  New?Flash Document.
• If you have Flash MX 2004, pull down the Window
  menu and choose Panel Sets?Training Layout.

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Flash 8 Tutorial Layout

• In Flash 8, pull down the Help menu and choose
  Getting Started with Flash. If the help window is
  not docked along the right edge of the stage,
  drag the handle in the left corner of the help
  window to dock it along the right edge of the
  stage.
• Minimize or close the panels above or below the
  help panel to create maximum space for the
  tutorial help.

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Flash Tutorial Layout
Drag this border left or right to create more or
less room for the tutorial pane.
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Flash Concepts

• The Flash tutorials will introduce you to the
  following concepts
• Timeline animation
• Key frames versus tween frames
• Working with layers
• Importing media into the library
• Audio synchronization
• Symbols and instances
• Working with video
• Button animation and navigation
• Interactions and Forms

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Accessing the Tutorials

• If you have Flash MX 2004, you access the
  tutorials from the Help windows How Do I
  panel.
• If you have Flash 8, you access the tutorials by
  pulling down the Help windows menu and choosing
  Tutorials Samples.