FLASH CS3
User Guide
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Create or open a document and set its properties
You can create a new document or open a previously saved document in Flash, and you can open a new window as
you work. You can set properties for new or existing documents.
For a text tutorial about creating your first Flash file, see Create your First File on the Flash Tutorials page at
www.adobe.com/go/learn_fl_tutorials
.
For video tutorials, see:
•
Working with Flash files:
www.adobe.com/go/vid0117
See also
“Set preferences in Flash” on page 27
“Publishing Flash content” on page 418
Create a new document
1
Select File > New.
2
On the General tab, select Flash Document.
Create a new document of the same type as the last document created (Windows only)
❖
Click the New File button in the main toolbar.
Create a new document from a template
1
Select File > New.
2
Click the Templates tab.
3
Select a category from the Category list, select a document from the Category Items list, and click OK. You can
select standard templates that come with Flash or a template you have already saved.
Open an existing document
1
Select File > Open.
2
In the Open dialog box, navigate to the file or enter the path to the file in the Go To box.
3
Click Open.
Open a new window in the current document
❖
Select Window
> Duplicate Window.
Set properties for a new or existing document
1
With the document open, select Modify > Document.
The Document Properties dialog box appears.
2
To embed metadata within your SWF files, enter a descriptive title in the Title box, and enter a description in the
Description box.
Embedding metadata improves the ability of web-based search engines to return meaningful search results for Flash
content. Descriptions can author and copyright information, and short descriptions about the content and its
purpose. The search metadata is based on the RDF (Resource Description Framework) and XMP (Extensible
Metadata Platform) specifications and is stored in Flash in a W3C-compliant format.
