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A
absolute paths
absolute target paths
accessibility
   animation and
   automatic labels for buttons and input text fields
   button and text field labels for
   custom tabs for accessible objects and
   defining for entire Flash movies
   descriptions for accessible objects
   Flash components and
   Flash Player and
   for movie clip children
   for static text
   guidelines for creating
   instance names and
   keyboard navigation for
   keyboard shortcut conventions for
   Macromedia Flash Accessibility Web page
   names for static and dynamic text objects
   naming buttons and text fields for
   naming Flash movies for
   opaque windowless or transparent windowless modes and
   screen reader technology
   supported configurations
   testing a movie for
   titles and descriptions for Flash movies
   turning off button and text field labels for
   turning off for selected objects
Accessibility button, in Property inspector 1, 2
Accessibility panel 1, 2
Accessibility.isActive method
accessing
   methods
   object properties
actions
   assigning to frames
   asynchronous
   deleting
   exporting
   frame actions
   interactivity
   keyboard shortcuts for
   listed
   looping
   new features
   printing
   reordering
   repeating
   selecting
   targeting movie clips
   testing
   trace actions
   with target paths
Actions panel 1, 2
   Actions toolbox
   categories
   displaying
   expert mode
   instance information in
   normal mode
   Script pane
   switching editing modes
Actions toolbox
   adding an action with 1, 2
   assigning actions with 1, 2
   categories in
   resizing
   viewing item descriptions in
ActionScript
   and Flash 4 features
   editing with text editor
   importing
   JavaScript support
   Reference panel
   scripting
   syntax
   terminology
   writing
ActionScript Dictionary
ActiveX controls 1, 2, 3
Adaptive color palette
Add Shape Hint command
adding notes in ActionScript
Adobe Illustrator files
   exporting
   importing
Adobe Photoshop files
   exporting
   importing
ADPCM compression, for sounds
Advanced effect, for symbol instances
AIFF sounds, importing
Align panel 1, 2
ALIGN parameter
   publish settings
aligning
   objects 1, 2
   text blocks
   text characters
Alpha effect
   instance property
   partial transparency
anchor points
   adding and deleting
   adjusting
   converting between corner and curve
   dragging
   moving
   nudging
   showing on shapes
anchors, named
animated GIF files
   exporting
   importing
   publishing
animation 1, 2
   accessibility and
   converting to movie clip symbol
   creating keyframes in
   displaying frames as onion skin outlines
   dragging a library item onto a keyframe
   editing frames in the Timeline
   editing multiple frames
   extending background images in several frames
   frame rates
   frame-by-frame
   frames in Timeline
   graphics compared to movie clips
   inserting frames
   linking layers to a motion path
   modifying or deleting frames in the Timeline
   motion paths for
   moving an entire
   onion skinning
   reversing the sequence of
   still images
   symbols and
   tweened
   tweening groups
   tweening instances
   tweening shapes
   tweening type blocks
   unlinking layers from a motion path
Antialias command
anti-aliasing
   bitmaps
   exported GIF
   exported PNG
   objects on Clipboard
   shapes
   text
application development
area fill
array access operators
arrays, multidimensional
arrow keys, moving objects with
Arrow tool
   reshaping with
   selecting objects with
   Smooth modifier
   Straighten modifier
artwork
ASCII values
assets
assignment operators
   about
   compound
associativity, operators
asynchronous actions
attaching
   movie clips
   sounds
attachMovie method
attachMovieClip method
attachSound method
author-time shared library assets
   defined
   using
Auto Label option
AutoCAD DXF files, importing
AutoCAD DXF Image
AVI files, exporting
 
B
background color
balance (sound), controlling
Bandwidth Profiler
BASE parameter
behaviors
BGCOLOR parameter
Bit Rate option, for MP3 sound compression
bitmap fills
   applying
   locking
   transforming
bitmap images
   anti-aliasing 1, 2, 3
   breaking apart
   compared to vector graphics
   compressing as JPEG files
   compressing as PNG files
   converting to vector graphics
   editing
   importing
   importing with the Clipboard
   lossless compression
   modifying filled areas
   preserving transparency when importing
   setting compression options
   setting properties for
Bitmap Properties dialog box
Bitmaps on Clipboard preference (Windows only)
bitwise operators
Blank Keyframe command 1, 2
Blend option, for shape tweening
blends, in imported FreeHand files
BMP files
   exporting
   importing
Boolean values
   about
   comparing
Break Apart command
   for symbol instances
   for text
   using with bitmaps
   using with groups
   using with instances
   using with text 1, 2
Brightness effect
Brightness instance property
Bring Forward command
Bring to Front command
Brush tool
   Lock Fill modifier
   painting modes
   setting brush size and shape
   using with pressure-sensitive tablet
built-in ActionScript objects
built-in functions
button actions, enabling
button symbols
buttons
   accessible descriptions for
   accessible labels for
   adding sounds to
   creating
   disabling and enabling
   disjoint rollover
   Down state for
   editing and testing
   enabling
   frame states for
   Hit state for
   naming for accessibility
   Over state for
   selecting enabled
   testing
   turning off accessible labels for
   Up state for
 
C
1, 2
capturing keypresses
case sensitivity
   keywords
   strings
Center Frame button
center point
change handler functions, for components
character position
character sequences
characteristics of ActionScript objects
CheckBox component
   parameters
   sizing
   skins
child node
classes, ActionScript
   about
   defined
CLASSID parameter
Clear command
Clear Keyframe command 1, 2
Click Accuracy preference
Clipboard
   importing artwork with
   importing bitmaps with
   importing FreeHand files with
   importing text with
   preferences
CODEBASE parameter
collisions
   between movie clip and Stage point
   between movie clips
   detecting
Color Mixer
Color object
Color Picker, opening
Color Swatches panel
   Add Colors option
   Clear Colors option
   loading default palette
   Replace Colors option
   Save As Default option
   Save Colors option
   sorting
   Web 216 option
color values, ActionScript
colors 1, 2
   background
   changing with Property inspector
   choosing for text
   copying with the Eyedropper tool
   default palette
   default stroke and fill color, selecting
   deleting
   duplicating
   importing and exporting palettes
   in Actions panel
   modifying palettes
   movie background
   opening the Color Picker
   printing background
   removing all
   saving current palette as default
   selecting solid
   selecting with Fill panel
   setting maximum
   sorting in Color Swatches panel
   Stroke Color and Fill Color toolbox controls
   swapping stroke and fill color
   tweening
   Web-safe palette
combining operations
ComboBox component
   parameters
   sizing
   skins
comments, frame
comments, in ActionScript
Common Libraries submenu
communicating with the Flash Player
comparison operators
Component Parameters panel
component skins
   creating and registering new
   editing from the library
   restoring default
Component Skins folder
components
   _width and _height properties
   accessibility and
   adding instances using the Library panel
   adding using ActionScript
   adding using the Components panel
   change handler functions for
   changing globally
   CheckBox
   ComboBox
   Core Assets folder
   creating a form
   custom style formats for
   customizing color and text
   customizing instances
   customizing skins
   deleting from a document
   form example explained
   Global Skins folder
   in library
   label size
   ListBox
   multiple-selection forms 1, 2
   Property inspector for
   PushButton
   RadioButton
   registering skin elements explained
   ScrollBar
   ScrollPane
Components panel
compressing sounds
Compression menu, for sounds
concatenating strings
conditional statements, in ActionScript
Connect Lines preference
constants
   defined
   syntax
constructor functions, sample 1, 2
context menus
   about
   Flash Player
Controller
Convert Lines to Fills command
Convert Stereo to Mono
   for ADPCM sound compression
   for MP3 sound compression
   for raw sound compression
Convert to Symbol command
Convert to Symbol dialog box
Copy Frames command 1, 2
copying
   layer folder contents
   layers
   objects
Core Assets folder, for components
Core JavaScript Guide
counters, repeating action with
Create Copy button, in Transform panel
Create New Symbol dialog box
createTextField method
creating ActionScript objects
creating passwords
   for debugging files
   for movies
cursors, creating custom
curves
   adjusting points and tangent handles
   adjusting segments
   dragging tangent handles on
   drawing, with Pen tool
   optimizing
   straightening and smoothing
custom ActionScript objects
Custom color palette
custom functions
Custom option, for sound
custom tabs, for accessible objects in movies
Customize Shortcuts dialog box
Cut command
 
D
data types
   Boolean
   defined
   movie clips
   number
   objects
   rules
Debugger
   activating in Web browser
   Flash Debug Player
   movie properties
   using
   variables
   Watch list
debugging files, protecting with password
declaring variables
default color palette
Default compression option, for sounds
Default Layout command, for panels
Default Text Orientation option
deleting
   actions
   frames or keyframes 1, 2
   layer folders
   layers
   lines
   objects
   scenes
deploying Flash movies
Deselect All command
detecting collisions
DEVICE FONT parameter, publish settings
device fonts 1, 2
dimensions
   default for Flash movie
   publishing Flash movie
   setting document
dimming Flash Player context menu
display, speeding
displaying
   Flash Player context menu
distorting objects
Distribute to Layers command
distributing
   Flash movies
   objects to layers
   objects to top, bottom, left, right, or center
dithering colors, GIF files 1, 2
document attributes
Document Properties dialog box
documents
   creating
   properties
DOM (Document Object Model), XML
Don't Replace Existing Items option
dot operators
dot syntax
   about
   target paths
Down state, buttons
download performance
dragging objects
Draw Border and Background option, for dynamic text
drawing
   adjusting anchor points
   adjusting line segments
   anchor points
   brush strokes
   click accuracy tolerance
   converting lines to fills
   curve points and corner points
   curves, with Pen tool
   erasing lines or shapes
   expanding shapes
   modifying shapes
   optimizing curves
   ovals and rectangles
   overlapping shapes
   Pen tool
   Pencil tool
   precise lines and curves
   reshaping lines and shapes
   rounded rectangles
   showing anchor points on shapes
   smoothing curves
   snapping line end points
   snapping objects
   snapping to pixels
   softening fill edges
   straight lines 1, 2
   straightening and smoothing lines
   tolerance for redrawing geometric shapes
   tolerance for straightening lines
   tools overview
Dreamweaver UltraDev, updating Flash movie files for
Duplicate Symbol command
duplicating
   movie clips
   symbols
DXF Sequence, AutoCAD DXF Image
dynamic text
   accessibility names for
   accessible descriptions for
   defined
   HTML formatting for
   HTML option
   rich text formatting for
   setting options
dynamic text fields, adding ScrollBar components to
 
E
Easing option
   for motion tweening 1, 2
   for shape tweening
ECMA-262 specification
Edit Envelope
   for sounds
   units in
   zooming in
Edit in New Window command
Edit in Place command
Edit Multiple Frames button
Edit Selected command
Edit Symbols command
editing
   imported bitmap images
   layer folders
   layers
   reshaping lines and shapes
   softening edges of an object
   symbols
   text
editing modes, Actions panel
editing scripts
   externally
   mode
Effects menu, in Property inspector
empty symbols, creating
Enable Live Preview command
Enable Simple Buttons command
Enhanced Metafile files, exporting
Enhanced Windows Metafile files, importing
Envelope modifier
EPS files
   exporting
   importing
   in imported FreeHand files
equality operators
Eraser tool
erasing entire Stage
errors
   name collision
   syntax
escape sequences
event handlers, defined
Event option, for sound
event sounds
events, defined
executing application from projector
execution order
   operator associativity
   operator precedence
   scripts
   statements
Expand Fill command
expert mode, Actions panel
   calling built-in function
   calling user-defined function
   switching between normal mode and
   working with actions in
export file formats
Export for Runtime Sharing option
exporting
   actions
   color palettes
   images
   Macintosh OS 9.x
   transparency
   Windows Metafile files
expressions
   assigning multiple variables
   comparing values
   defined
   manipulating values in
external image editor, editing imported bitmaps with
external script editors
external sources, connecting Flash with
Eyedropper tool
 
F
Fade In, Out, Left, Right options, for sound
fading in or out
Fast command
file formats
   exporting
   FLA
   importing
   SWF
files
   attributes
   importing
Fill Transform tool
fills
   adjusting gradient or bitmap
   applying transparent
   applying with Paint Bucket tool
   bitmap
   copying
   creating from lines
   expanding
   for text
   gradient
   selecting default color
   softening edges
   swapping color with stroke color
   toolbox modifiers
   with locked gradient or bitmap
Fireworks PNG files, importing
FLA files 1, 2
Flash 5 content
Flash Debug Player
Flash Help
   ActionScript Dictionary
   searching
   Using Flash
Flash movies
   accessibility options for
   distributing
   naming for accessibility
   previewing and testing
   testing
Flash Player
   accessibility and
   communicating with
   configuring Web server for
   context menu
   debugging version
   dimming context menu 1, 2
   disabling printing
   displaying context menu 1, 2
   displaying full-screen 1, 2
   file format
   methods
   normal menu view 1, 2
   printing from
   scaling movies to 1, 2
   simulating downloading
   supported printers
Flash Player files, importing
Flash Support Center
Flip Horizontal command
Flip Vertical command
flipping objects
FLV export, Macintosh OS 9.x
folders
   in Library panel
   layers
font mapping
font symbol
   identifier string for
   Linkage option for
fonts
   bold and italic style
   choosing
   creating font symbols
   device
   embedded and device
   embedding
   properties
   selecting
   selecting size
forms, with components
   managing and monitoring data
   multiple-selection
   navigating and displaying
   planning
   single-selection
   storing data
frame actions
   assigning
   assigning to keyframes
   enabling
   in conflicting layers
   placement
frame attributes
Frame command 1, 2
frame comments
frame labels
Frame print option
frame rate
   in animation
   setting
Frame Rate option
Frame View button
Frame View menu
frame-by-frame animation
frame-by-frame graph, in Bandwidth Profiler
frames
   adding sounds
   animation frames in Timeline
   assigning actions to
   centering the playhead in
   changing the view
   comments
   converting keyframes into 1, 2
   copying and pasting 1, 2
   copying by dragging 1, 2
   displayed in Timeline
   displaying
   displaying as onion skin outlines
   displaying contents
   dragging in Timeline 1, 2
   editing in an animation
   editing in Timeline
   editing multiple
   exporting as static images
   inserting 1, 2
   labels
   making printable
   onion skinning
   previewing
   printing
   registering images in
   removing 1, 2
   showing thumbnails
   thumbnail display
Frames button, in Edit Envelope
Free Transform tool
FreeHand Import Settings dialog box
FreeHand Text on Clipboard preference
fscommand action
   commands and arguments 1, 2
   communicating with Director 1, 2
   using
FStyleFormat object
   for components
   properties for
FStyleFormat property, for components
Full Screen command
functions
   assigned
   built-in
   calling
   constructor
   custom
   defined
   defining
   local variables in
   passing parameters to
   returning values
   sample
FutureSplash Player files, importing
 
G
Gap Size modifier, Paint Bucket tool
Generate Size Report option
getAscii method
getBounds method
getBytesLoaded method
getBytesTotal method
getting information from remote files
getting mouse position
getURL action 1, 2
GIF files
   exporting
   GIF89a file format
   importing
   publishing
Global Skins folder
global variables
globalStyleFormat object, for components
globalToLocal method
goto action
Goto command
gradient colors
gradient fills 1, 2
   adjusting with Fill Transform tool
   applying
   importing and exporting
   in imported FreeHand files
   locking
gradient pointers
Gradients on Clipboard preference (Windows only)
graph, in Bandwidth Profiler
graphic symbols
graphics
   creating symbol instances
   setting animation options
grayscale images, in imported FreeHand files
grid 1, 2, 3
   editing
   showing 1, 2
   snapping to 1, 2
Group command
grouping ActionScript statements
groups
   breaking apart
   creating
   editing
   locking
   selecting
guide layers
Guided option
guides 1, 2
   moving
   removing
   showing 1, 2
   snapping to 1, 2
 
H
Hand tool
handlers, checking for XML data
HEIGHT parameter
   publish settings
help, online
Hide Edges command
hierarchy
   inheritance
   movie clip, displaying
   parent-child movie clips
Highlight Color preference (Macintosh only)
highlighting syntax
Hit state, buttons
hitTest method
   about
   controlling movies
horizontal text flow
HTML
   publish settings
   tag reference
   templates
HTML documents, loading into window
HTML formatting, for text fields
HTML option, for dynamic text fields
HTML publishing templates
HTTP protocol
   about
   communicating with server-side scripts
HTTP requests, permitting
HTTPS protocol
 
I
identifiers
   assigning to sounds
   holding values
if statements
image map, creating
images
   exporting
   importing 1, 2
Import command
Import for Runtime Sharing option
importing
   ActionScript
   bitmap images
   bitmaps with transparency
   color palettes
   sounds
importing files 1, 2
   QuickTime 4 supported formats
   sequences of files
   supported formats
indents, text
Info panel
   instance information in
   using for instances
information, passing between movies
inheritance, creating
Ink Bottle tool
input text
   accessible descriptions for
   defined
   HTML formatting for
   rich text formatting for
input text fields
   accessible labels for
   adding ScrollBar components to
   naming for accessibility
   turning off accessible labels for
Insert Blank Keyframe command 1, 2
Insert Keyframe command 1, 2
Insert Layer command
Insert Target Path button
installing Flash MX
instance names
   assigning
   defined
   for accessible objects
   movie clips
   setting dynamically
Instance Properties dialog box
instances, object
instances, symbol
   breaking apart
   changing behavior
   changing color and transparency
   changing properties
   creating
   defined
   getting information on
   naming
   selecting
   switching
   unlinking from symbol
instantiating ActionScript objects
instructional media
interactive movies
interactivity, in movies
   complex
   creating
interlacing
   GIF files
   JPEG files
   PNG files
Internet Explorer
 
J
Java, starting in Netscape Navigator
JavaScript
   alert statement
   editing
   international standard
   Netscape Navigator documentation
   sending messages to 1, 2
   supported in ActionScript
JPEG files
   importing
   publishing
jumping to a URL
 
K
kerning
key codes
   getting
   listed
keyboard controls
   in accessible movies
   to activate movie clips
keyboard shortcuts
   adding and removing
   customizing
   for accessibility
   for actions
Keyframe command 1, 2, 3
keyframes
   assigning frame actions
   associating with sounds
   converting into frames 1, 2
   creating
   creating blank 1, 2
   dragging in tweened frame sequences 1, 2
   extending images
   extending the duration of
   for Sorenson Spark codec
   frame-by-frame animation
   inserting 1, 2
   motion tweening
   named anchors
   removing 1, 2
   selecting everything between two
   shape tweening
   tweening
keypresses, capturing
keywords
  
   defined
   listed
 
L
labels, frame
Lasso tool
   Magic Wand modifier
   Magic Wand Settings modifier
   Polygon mode
launching Flash on a network
Layer command
layer folders
   changing order of
   copying contents of
   creating
   deleting
   editing
   locking
   organizing
   renaming
layers
   Add Layer button
   add layer folder
   changing layer height
   changing number of layers displayed
   changing order of
   changing outline color
   copying
   creating
   deleting
   editing
   guide layers
   guided
   hiding and showing
   locking
   mask
   masking additional layers
   organizing
   renaming
   selecting
   selecting everything on
   sound
   unlinking masked layers
   viewing as outlines
Left Channel option, for sound
lessons, Flash 1, 2
levels
   absolute path
   hierarchy
   loading
   loading movies into
   naming in target path
libraries
   common
   creating permanent
   included in Flash
   opening from other Flash files
   using shared
library
   components in
   copying assets between movies
   resolving conflicts between assets
   sounds in
Library command
Library panel 1, 2
   columns in
   deleting items in
   editing items in
   finding unused items in
   narrow display
   opening
   renaming items in
   resizing
   sorting items in
   updating imported files in
   using folders in
   wide display
license infringement
line spacing
Line Style dialog box
Line tool
Linear Gradient option
lines
   converting to fills
   modifying with the Ink Bottle tool
   removing with Eraser tool
   selecting connected
   selecting style
   selecting weight
   straightening
Link option, for text
Linkage option
   for font symbol
   for sounds
Linkage Properties dialog box
linking
   movie clips
   text blocks
List Objects command
ListBox component
   parameters
   sizing
   skins
Load Default Colors option
Load Order option
loaded data
   checking for
   security
loaded movies
   controlling
   identifying
   removing
loadMovie action
   checking for loaded data
   levels
loadVariables action
   checking for loaded data
local variables
   in functions
   sample
localToGlobal method
Lock command
Lock Fill modifier
locking
   layer folders
   layers
logical branch (conditional statement)
logical operators
Loop option
   about
   for sound
LOOP parameter
Loop Playback command
looping
   actions
   animation sequences
   children objects
   in accessible movies
   movies
 
M
Macintosh OS 9.1
   exporting
   exporting FLV files from
   memory allocation
Macintosh OS 9.x
MacPaint files, importing
Macromedia Authorware, playing a Flash movie in
Macromedia Director
   communicating with 1, 2
   playing a Flash movie in
Macromedia Fireworks
   editing imported bitmap images with
   importing files from
Macromedia FreeHand files
   exporting
   importing
   importing with Clipboard
Magic Wand modifier, for Lasso tool
magnification level, changing
Make Child Objects Accessible option
Make Movie Accessible option 1, 2
Make Object Accessible option 1, 2
manipulating numbers
margins, text
markers, frame
mask layers
   about
   creating
   linking additional layers
Match Contents option
Match Printer option
Max Colors option
Max print option
memory allocation
   about
   Macintosh OS 9.1
MENU parameter
   about
   publish settings
message box, displaying
methods 1, 2
   accessing
   defined
   object
MIME format, standard
MIME types
   configuring for
   Flash Player
Modify Onion Markers button
morphing
Motion Guide command
motion path
   creating
   hiding
   linking layers to
   orienting tweened elements to
   snapping tweened elements to
   unlinking layers from
motion tweening 1, 2
   along a path
   linking layers to a motion path
   unlinking layers from a motion path
   using the Create Motion Tween command
mouse position, getting
movie clip symbols
movie clips
   about
   accessibility for children
   accessible descriptions for
   attaching
   changing properties in Debugger
   controlling
   creating symbol instances
   data type
   detecting collisions
   displaying hierarchy
   displaying properties
   dragging
   duplicating
   giving instance name
   graphic representation
   instance names
   listing objects
   looping children
   methods
   parent-child relationship
   removing
   sharing
Movie command
Movie Explorer 1, 2
   context menu
   display list
   displaying symbol definition
   filtering displayed items in
   Find text box
   instance information
   instances in
   options menu
   selecting items in
MOVIE parameter
Movie print option
MovieClip object
   controlling movies
   using
moviename_DoFSCommand function
movies
   aligning
   background color
   configuring for server MIME type
   controlling in Flash Player
   cropping
   frame load order
   jumping to frame or scene
   loading additional
   looping
   maintaining original size 1, 2
   optimizing
   passing information between
   placing on Web page
   playing all scenes
   previewing
   printable
   printing (FLA files)
   printing frames
   replacing with loaded movie
   scaling to Flash Player 1, 2
   securing loaded data
   stopping and starting
   testing 1, 2
   testing in a browser 1, 2
   unloading
moving
   an entire animation
   objects
MP3 compression, for sound
MP3 sounds, importing
MSAA (Microsoft Active Accessibility)
multidimensional arrays
Multiline option, for dynamic text
Mute Sounds command
 
N
name collisions
named anchors
naming conventions, in ActionScript
naming variables
navigation
   controlling
   controlling with ActionScript
   with named anchors
Netscape DevEdge Online
Netscape Navigator
networks
New command
New Font option, in Library panel
New from Template command
new operator
New Symbol command
No Kerning option
nodes
normal mode, Actions panel
   calling function
   displaying
   switching between expert mode and
   viewing action descriptions in
numbers
   converting to 32-bit integers
   manipulating
numeric operators
 
O
OBJECT and EMBED parameters
   BASE
   MENU
   SALIGN
   SCALE
object initializer operator
object properties
   accessing
   assigning values to
object-oriented scripting
objects
   aligning
   bringing forward
   bringing to front
   copying
   copying when transforming
   cutting
   deleting
   dragging
   drawing order
   erasing
   flipping
   grouping
   matching size
   modifying with Envelope modifier
   moving
   pasting
   resizing
   restoring transformed
   rotating
   scaling
   selecting
   selecting with a selection marquee
   selection highlighting
   sending backward
   sending to back
   skewing
   snapping
   stacking
   transforming freely 1, 2
objects, ActionScript
   built-in
   Color object
   creating
   custom
   data type
   defined
onClipEvent handlers
onClipEvent(load), sample
Onion Skin button, in Timeline
onion skin markers
   changing display of
   moving
Onion Skin Outlines button
onion skinning
opaque windowless mode, and accessibility
Open as Library command
operators
   array access
   assigned
   assignment
   associativity
   bitwise
   combining with values
   comparison
   defined
   dot
   equality
   logical
   new
   numeric
   object initializer
   string
Optimize option
optimizing
   curves
   GIF colors
   movies
   PNG colors
Orient to Path option, for motion tweening 1, 2
outlines
   changing color on layers
   viewing layer contents as
Outlines command
Output window
   List Objects command
   options
   using
Oval tool
Over state, buttons
Override Sound Settings option
 
P
Page Setup command (Windows only)
Paint Bucket tool
   Gap Size modifier
   Lock Fill modifier
painting
   closing gaps with the Paint Bucket tool
   locking gradient or bitmap fill
   tools
Panel Sets command
panels
   Accessibility 1, 2
   Actions 1, 2
   Align 1, 2
   arranging
   closing
   collapsing
   Color Mixer
   Color Swatches
   Component Parameters
   Components
   default layout
   docking
   dragging
   expanding
   grouping
   Info
   Library 1, 2
   opening
   options menus in
   Reference
   resetting layout of
   resizing
   Scene 1, 2
   sets
   Transform 1, 2
   ungrouping
   viewing list of
parameters
   displaying 1, 2
   entering in Actions panel
   in parentheses
   passing to functions
_parent alias
parent-child relationships
parentheses
passing values
   by content
   by reference
passwords
   for debugging files
   for movies
Paste command
Paste Frames command 1, 2
Paste in Place command
pasting objects
paths
   adjusting anchor points in
   tweening along
Pen tool
   adjusting anchor points with
   corner points
   curve points
   drawing curved paths
   drawing straight lines
   pointer
   preferences
Pencil tool
   drawing modes
   smoothing curves
   straightening lines
PICT files
   exporting
   importing
PICT Settings for Clipboard preference (Macintosh only)
pixel snapping
planning scripts
play action
Play All Scenes command
Play command
play modes, graphic instances
Play Once option
PLAY parameter
playhead, moving
playing movies
PLUGINSPAGE parameter
PNG files
   exporting
   importing 1, 2
   PNG filter options
   publishing
PNG Import Settings dialog box
point size, choosing
Polygon mode, for Lasso tool
ports, XMLSocket connection
preferences
   Bitmaps on Clipboard (Windows only)
   Clipboard
   editing
   Editing, Drawing Settings
   Editing, Pen tool options
   Editing, Show Pen Preview option
   Editing, Show Precise Cursors option
   Editing, Show Solid Points option
   FreeHand Text on Clipboard
   general
   Gradients on Clipboard (Windows only)
   Highlight Color (Macintosh only)
   Pen tool
   PICT Settings for Clipboard (Macintosh only)
   Printing Options (Windows only)
   Shift Select
   Show Tooltips
   Undo Levels
   vertical text
   warning
Preferences command
pressure-sensitive tablet, using with Brush tool
previewing
   frame thumbnails
   with Publish Preview command
primitive data types
Print As Bitmap option
Print As Vectors option
Print command
Print Margins command (Macintosh only)
Print Preview command
printable frames, publishing
printers, supported
printing
   background colors
   FLA files
   Flash Player context menu
   Frame option
   from Flash Player
   Max option
   Movie option
   targeting printable frames
   transparency
   vector graphics
printing actions
Printing Options preference (Windows only)
projectors
   creating
   executing application
   executing applications from
   playing with stand-alone player
properties
   document
   sound
   symbol instance
Properties command
properties in ActionScript
   accessing
   collections
   defined
   unchanging
Properties tab (in Debugger)
Property inspector 1, 2, 3, 4
   changing units in
   font properties
   for components
   for instances
   moving objects
   sound properties
   Stroke and Fill Color controls in
Protect from Import option
prototype property
Publish command
Publish Preview command
publish settings
   file formats created
   generating HTML
   projectors
publishing
   about 1, 2
   printable frames
PushButton component
   parameters
   sizing
   skins
 
Q
Quality option, for MP3 sound compression
QUALITY parameter
   publish settings
QuickTime
QuickTime files
   exporting
   publishing
QuickTime images, importing
QuickTime movies
   previewing in Flash
   setting directory path
   sound only, importing
 
R
Radial Gradient option
RadioButton component
   parameters
   sizing
   skins
Raw compression, for sound
Recognize Lines preference
Recognize Shapes preference
Rectangle tool
   about
   Round Rectangle modifier
reference data types
Reference panel
referencing variables
registering images from frame to frame
registration point, for new symbols
relative paths
relative target paths
remote files, communicating with
remote sites, continuous connection
Remove Frame command 1, 2
Remove Gradients option 1, 2
removeMovieClip action
removing
   loaded movies
   movie clips
renaming
   layer folders
   layers
   symbol instances
Render Text as HTML option
rendering settings
reordering actions
repeating actions
requirements, system
reserved words, ActionScript
   listed
   this
reshaping lines and shapes
resizing objects 1, 2
Resolve Library Items dialog box
resources, third-party
restoring transformed objects
Reverse command, for animation
Revert command
RGB colors, importing and exporting
rich text formatting, in text fields
Right Channel option, for sound
Right to Left Text Flow option
Rotate and Skew command
Rotate option, for motion tweening 1, 2
rotating
   and scaling simultaneously
   by 90°
   by dragging
   clockwise or counterclockwise
   objects
   with Transform panel
Ruler Units menu
rulers 1, 2
   changing units of
   setting units
   showing and hiding
runtime shared library assets
   creating and using
   defined
 
S
SALIGN parameter
   about
   publish settings
sample movie
Sample Rate
   for ADPCM sound compression
   for raw sound compression
sample script
Save As Template command
saving
   documents
   documents as templates
   scripts
Scale and Rotate command
Scale option, for motion tweening
SCALE parameter
   about
   publish settings
scaling
   and rotating simultaneously
   by dragging
   objects
   with Transform panel
Scene panel 1, 2
scenes
   changing order of
   creating
   deleting
   duplicating
   pasting into
   previewing
   renaming
   selecting everything on every layer of
   viewing
screen readers and Flash movies
Script pane
   adding actions in
   items in
   moving statements in
   resizing
   working with scripts in
scripting ActionScript
scripts
   commenting
   controlling execution
   controlling flow
   debugging
   declaring variables
   execution order
   guidelines
   importing
   planning
   sample
   saving
   searching
   testing
   writing
ScrollBar component
   parameters
   sizing
   skins
scrolling text
ScrollPane component
   parameters
   sizing
   skins
searching scripts
Seconds button, in Edit Envelope
security
Selectable option
   for dynamic text
   for text
selecting
   adding to a selection
   connected lines
   deselecting
   everything between two keyframes
   everything in a scene
   hiding selection edges
   layers
   locking groups or symbols
   objects
   text and text blocks
   with a freehand selection area
   with a selection marquee
   with a straight-edged selection area
   with the Lasso tool
selection highlighting, for objects
semicolon
Send Backward command
Send to Back command
sending information
   in XML format
   to remote files
   URL-encoded format
   via TCP/IP socket connection
server-side scripts
   languages
   XML format
setPan method
setRGB method
setStyleProperty, for components
setting publish settings
setVolume method
shape hints, for shape tweening
shape tweening
   about
   shape hints
shapes
   copying
   erasing
   expanding
   flipping
   grouping
   modifying
   overlapping
   pasting
   recognizing and redrawing
   reshaping with the Arrow tool
   rotating
   scaling
   selecting
   skewing
   snapping
shared libraries
   adding sounds to
   font symbols
Shift Select preference
Show All command
Show Frame command
Show Grid command 1, 2
Show Guides command 1, 2
Show Pen Preview preference
Show Precise Cursors preference
Show Shape Hints command
Show Solid Points preference
Show Streaming command
Show Tooltips preference
Show Warning Messages option
Silicon Graphics files, importing
Single Frame option
Single Line option, for dynamic text
size report
skewing
   objects
   with Transform panel
skins
   customizing for components
   defined
slash syntax
Smooth Curves preference
Smooth modifier, for Arrow tool
smoothing curves, lines
Snap option, for motion tweening 1, 2
Snap to Objects command
Snap to Pixels command
snapping
   setting tolerance for objects
   to grid 1, 2
   to guides 1, 2
   to objects
   to pixels
socket connections
   about
   sample script
Soften Fill Edges command
Sound Designer II files, importing
Sound object
   creating
   using a sound with
Sound Properties dialog box
sounds
   adding to buttons
   adding to frames
   adding to shared libraries
   ADPCM compression
   attaching in ActionScript
   balance control
   compressing for export
   compression menu options
   controlling in ActionScript
   controlling volume
   creating separate versions
   creating volume controls
   Default compression option
   editing controls for
   editing envelopes
   envelope lines
   event and stream
   Event synchronization option
   importing
   in accessible movies
   in library
   looping
   looping stream sounds
   looping to reduce file size
   MP3 compression
   muting
   options menu
   properties
   raw compression
   reusing to reduce file size
   setting start point
   setting stop point
   Sound Properties dialog box
   Start synchronization option
   starting and stopping
   starting and stopping at keyframes
   Stop synchronization option
   stream synchronization
   synchronizing
   testing
   Time In control
   Time Out control
   tips for reducing file size
   using efficiently
special characters
SRC parameter
stacking objects
Stage
   changing view of
   displaying entire
   size
stand-alone Flash player
Start option, for sound
startDrag action
statements
   grouping
   logical branches
   reordering
   setting as expressions
   terminating
static images, exporting frames as
static text
   accessibility names for
   applying accessibility options to
   defined
   turning off accessibility for
still images
   about
   exporting
stop action
Stop option, for sound
straight lines, drawing with Pen tool
Straighten modifier, for Arrow tool
straightening curves, lines
Stream option, for sound
stream sounds
streaming graph, in Bandwidth Profiler
string operators
strings
strokes
   applying transparent
   converting to fills
   copying
   modifying with the Ink Bottle tool
   selecting default color
   selecting line style
   selecting weight
   selecting with Property inspector
   selecting with the Arrow tool
   swapping color with fill color
   toolbox modifiers
Subselection tool
   adjusting line segments
   showing anchor points
substitute fonts
   deleting
   specifying
   turning off alert
   viewing
Sun AU files, importing
Support Center
Swap Symbol command
Swap Symbols dialog box
swapDepths method
SWF files
   debugging
   importing
   JPEG compression
   preventing import
   testing performance
SWLIVECONNECT parameter
Symbol Properties dialog box
symbol-editing mode
symbols
   behavior
   button
   creating
   creating buttons
   creating instances
   defined
   duplicating
   editing
   editing in new window
   editing in place
   font
   graphic symbols
   instance properties
   locking
   movie clip
   replacing
   swapping
   switching
   symbol-editing mode
   tweening colors
   unlinking from instance
   viewing definition
Sync option, for sound
Synchronize option, for motion tweening
synchronizing sounds
syntax
   case sensitivity
   curly braces
   dot
   errors
   highlighting
   parentheses
   rules
   semicolon
   slash
System 7 sounds, importing
system requirements
   Flash Player
   hardware
   software
 
T
tabChildren method, for accessible objects
tabEnabled method, for accessible objects
tabIndex method, for accessible objects
tangent handles, adjusting
target paths
   defined
   entering
   expression
   level names
   specifying 1, 2
targeting printable frames
targetPath function
TCP/IP connection
   sending information
   with XMLSocket object
templates
   creating
   publishing
   sample
   selecting
   shorthand variables
   variables
terminating statements
terms, ActionScript
Test button, in Sound Properties dialog box
test mode
Test Movie command 1, 2, 3, 4
Test Scene command 1, 2
testing
   actions
   download performance
   for accessibility
   frame actions
   movies
   scripts
   sounds
   variable values
text
   alignment
   anti-aliasing
   bold and italic style
   breaking apart 1, 2
   character options
   choosing color
   choosing font
   choosing point size
   choosing style
   creating
   creating font symbols
   device fonts
   dynamic text options
   editing
   embedded fonts
   fill color
   fixed width or height
   font properties
   formatting dynamically
   horizontal or vertical flow
   importing with Clipboard
   linking to a URL
   making selectable
   margins
   resizing a text block
   scrolling
   searching for in scripts
   selecting
   selecting a font
   selecting device fonts
   selecting font size
   setting font and paragraph attributes
   substituting missing fonts
   text fields
   transforming
   widening text block
text blocks
   appearance
   selecting 1, 2
Text Break Apart feature, for accessible objects
text color, choosing
text fields
   creating and removing dynamically
   rich text formatting in
   setting properties dynamically
   triggering scripts with events
text report, in HTML file
Text tool
TGA files, importing
third-party resources
this keyword
TIFF files, importing
Time In control, for sounds
Time Out control, for sounds
Timeline
   animation frames in
   Center Frame button
   centering the playhead in
   changing frame display
   changing layer folder order
   changing layer height
   changing layer order
   changing number of layers displayed
   changing the appearance of
   controlling in ActionScript
   converting keyframes into frames 1, 2
   copying and pasting frames 1, 2
   creating keyframes in
   deleting frames or keyframes 1, 2
   docking to the application window
   dragging
   dragging frames 1, 2
   editing 1, 2
   editing frames
   frames
   hiding layers in
   inserting frames 1, 2
   keyframes
   layer name fields in
   locking layer folders in
   locking layers in
   multiple Timelines
   onion skinning frames
   parent alias
   playhead
   Preview in Context option
   Preview option
   resizing
   showing frame thumbnails
   viewing layers as outlines
   working with frames
Tint effect
Tint instance property
tolerance, for snapping to objects
toolbox
   showing and hiding
   Stroke Color and Fill Color controls in
tools
   Arrow
   Brush
   Eraser
   Eyedropper
   Fill Transform
   Free Transform
   Hand
   Ink Bottle
   Lasso
   Line
   Oval
   Paint Bucket
   Pen
   Pencil
   Rectangle
   selecting
   Subselection
   Text
   Zoom
trace action
Trace Bitmap command
tracking
tracks, QuickTime
Transform panel
   copying objects with
   rotating objects with
   scaling objects with
   skewing objects with
   undoing transformations with
transformation point
transformations
   combining
   pointers
transforming
   objects
   text
transitions
transparency
   adjusting separate color values
   alpha
   exporting
   partial
   preserving in imported bitmap images
   tweening
transparent windowless mode, and accessibility
troubleshooting
   listing objects
   scripting guidelines
   using the Output window
   with trace action
tutorials
   Introduction to ActionScript
   Introduction to Components
   Introduction to Flash MX
tweened frames, dragging keyframes in 1, 2
tweening
   along a path
   motion 1, 2
   motion paths for
   shape 1, 2
   symbol colors
typing variables
 
U
Undo button, in Transform panel
Undo Levels preference
undoing transformations
Ungroup command
unloadMovie action
Up state, buttons
Update button, in Sound Properties dialog box
updating Flash movie files for Dreamweaver UltraDev
updating sounds
URL subdomains
URLs
   as expressions
   listing in HTML file
 
V
values
   about
   manipulating in expressions
Variable option for dynamic text
Variables tab, Debugger
variables, ActionScript
   absolute path
   assigning multiple
   changing values in Debugger
   converting to XML
   declaring
   defined
   determining type
   modifying in Debugger
   naming meaningfully
   naming rules
   passing content
   referencing value
   removing from Watch list
   scoping
   sending to URL
   setting dynamically
   testing
   using in scripts
variables, HTML template
VBScript
vector graphics
   compared to bitmaps
   creating from imported bitmap images
   importing with Clipboard
   printing
vertical text
   flow
   preferences
View Esc Shortcut Keys command
volume
   controls
   sliding control
 
W
warning preferences
warping objects
Watch list
WAV sounds
   exporting
   importing
Web 216 color palette
Web applications, continuous connection
Web servers, configuring for Flash Player
Web Snap Adaptive color palette
Web-safe color palette
weight, for lines
WIDTH parameter
   publish settings
Windows Metafile files
   exporting
   importing
WMODE parameter
workspace
writing scripts
 
X
   hierarchy
   in server-side scripts
   sample variable conversion
   sending information via TCP/IP socket
   sending information with XML methods
XML DOM
XML object methods
XMLSocket object
   checking for data
   methods
   using
 
Z
zoom buttons, in Edit Envelope
Zoom tool
zooming
   about
   view