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Using named anchors

Named anchors simplify navigation in Flash movies by letting viewers use the Forward and Back buttons in a browser to jump from frame to frame or scene to scene. Named anchor keyframes are indicated in the Timeline by an anchor icon. If you prefer to have Flash automatically make the first keyframe of each scene a named anchor, see Setting preferences in Flash.

A named anchor keyframe in Scene 1

To take advantage of named anchor keyframes in your final Flash movie, select the Flash w/ Named Anchors option in the Template pop-up menu on the HTML tab of the Publish Settings dialog box. For more information on the Publish Settings dialog box, see Choosing publish settings for Flash movie format.

To use Flash movies with named anchors, you must be running Flash Player 6 on your browser.

Note: If you save a document with named anchor keyframes as a Flash 5 document, the named anchor keyframes are converted to regular labeled frames.

To make a selected keyframe a named anchor:

1 | If the Property inspector is not visible, choose Window > Properties.
2 | Type a name for the keyframe in the text box in the Property inspector.
3 | Select the Named Anchor option.

To make a named anchor keyframe to a regular keyframe:

1 | Select the named anchor keyframe in the Timeline.
2 | Deselect the Named Anchor option in the Property inspector.