February 2009
Beginner
368 pages
10h 30m
English
Content preview from Teach Yourself Visually™ Flash® CS4 Professional
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Flash has an easy system in place
for locking layers, helping you
avoid moving or deleting elements
by accident. While you can use the
Layer Properties panel, it is much
more useful to lock and unlock
right in the Flash user interface.
Lock Layers
Lock
Layers
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1 Click the bullet ( ) below the
Lock Layers button ( ) of a
layer you want to lock.
( changes to ).
If you try to select or edit any
elements on this layer, Flash does
not respond. The layer is locked.
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2 To unlock the layer, click on
your layer.
( changes back to ).
You can now select and edit
elements on the unlocked layer.
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