Previewing by scrubbing

Another way to preview your animation is with a technique called scrubbing. Scrubbing means dragging the current-time marker back and forth across the timeline. The faster you drag the current-time marker, the quicker the animation plays back. You can also stop at any point or drag backward to see the animation in reverse.

To scrub the animation:

Do one of the following:

• To scrub regular objects, drag the current-time marker forward or backward.
• To scrub movie clip groups as well as regular objects, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the current-time marker forward or backward.
• To hear audio in the timeline while scrubbing, Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) the current-time marker forward or backward.