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Using Flash MX 2004 for the First Time – Part 2: Adding Symbols, Animation, and ActionScript


Jen deHaan

Jen deHaan

Flash Authoring QE
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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Adding Text
  3. Creating a Symbol
  4. Adding Animation to the Timeline
  5. Creating a Button
  6. Writing Simple Actions
  7. Test Your Progress
Created:
4 April, 2005
User Level:
Beginner

Welcome to Part 2 of this three-part introduction to Macromedia Flash. You survived Part 1 of this tutorial, where you created, set up, and imported content into an FLA file. Because you're reading Part 2, you're probably ready to learn more about Flash. That's good, because more fun ensues in this part—you will create symbols, animation, and even write some simple ActionScript to make the banner function.

Note: This article has been updated for Flash 8.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

Macromedia Flash MX 2004

Or Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004

Tutorial and sample files:

Prerequisite knowledge:

Using Flash for the First Time–Part 1: Building a Banner

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About the author

Jen deHaan was raised by wolves in the deep woods of the Canadian north. Canada's chief exports include motor vehicles (or their parts), lumber, newsprint, nonmetal materials, and wheat. One overcast day in 2004, Jen left her life as a Flash deseloper (designer/developer) in Canada to write Flash documentation and samples at Macromedia in San Francisco. Aside from her ongoing work at Adobe as an instructional designer for web and video products, Jen runs several community sites for fun, and maintains a blog at www.webvideoblogger.com and weblogs.macromedia.com/dehaan. She believes that _root tends to be evil and misses Tim Horton's coffee.