Adobe® Flash® CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book®

Chapter 6. Creating Interactive Files

Let your viewers in on the action with buttons, menus, and other interactive elements that encourage them to explore your site. Symbols and ActionScript work together to create consistent, effective user interfaces.

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In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Manipulate gradients

• Create buttons

• Create animated rollover states

• Duplicate buttons

• Use a single symbol for multiple images

• Edit nested symbols

• Create and use frame labels

• Name instances for use in ActionScript

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This lesson will take approximately 90 minutes to complete. If needed, remove the previous ...