Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Chapter 14

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Creating a Basic Button Symbol

Figure 14.1 Choosing Insert >

New Symbol is the fi rst step in

creating a button.

Figure 14.2 To make a button, create a new symbol

and choose Button as the type in the Create New

Symbol dialog. You also name the button here.

Figure 14.3 The Timeline for every button symbol

contains four frames: Up, Over, Down, and Hit. Flash

automatically puts a keyframe in the Up frame of a

new button symbol.

Creating a Basic

Button Symbol

A button is a Flash movie clip with di erent

keyframes that represent the button in all its

possible states.  e button symbol has three

button-state frames—Up, Over, Down—plus

one ...