
Using Panels
The Flash Authoring Tool
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Using Panels
Flash organizes drawing and authoring tools
as panels. Some panels contain tools for cre-
ating or modifying graphic elements. Others
help you organize and navigate your Flash
document. You can dock panels within the
application frame or have them oat inde-
pendently. You’ll learn to work with speci c
panels in later chapters of this book. For now,
you’ll learn general features of panels and
how to manage them in the workspace.
Accessing Panels
An open panel appears as a tab inside a
panel frame; the frame may appear inside a
dock in Flash’s application frame or inside
a oating window. You ...