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About new layers

New layers created during the Distribute to Layers operation are named according to the name of the element that each contains:

| A new layer containing a library asset (such as a symbol, bitmap, or video clip) is given the same name as the asset.
| A new layer containing a named instance is given the name of the instance.
| A new layer containing a character from a broken-apart text block is named with the character.
| A new layer containing a graphic object (which has no name) is named Layer1 (or Layer2, and so on), because graphic objects do not have names.

Flash inserts new layers below the any selected layers in the Timeline. The new layers are arranged top to bottom, in the order in which the selected elements were originally created. For broken-apart text, the layers are arranged in the order of the characters, whether left-to-right, right-to-left, or top-to-bottom. For example, if you break apart the text FLASH and distribute it to layers, the new layers, named F, L, A, S, and H, are arranged top to bottom, immediately below the layer initially containing the text.