Saving a Document Save a Document in the Flash Format Click the File menu‚ and then click Save.. Save a Document in the Flash CS5 Uncompressed Format Click the File menu, and then cli
Trang 1When you open multiple documents, you can use the Window menu or tabs at the top of the Document window to switch between them You can click a tab name to switch and activate the document By default, tabs are displayed in the order in which you open or create documents
When you want to move or copy information between documents, it’s easier to display several Document windows on the screen at the same time and move them around However, you must make the window active to work in it Each tab also includes a Close button to quickly close a document If the document view is too small or large, you can change it to suite your needs
Working with
Document Windows
Switch Between Multiple
Documents
Open more than one document
Click a tab name to switch to the
document
TIMESAVER Press Ctrl+Tab or
Ctrl+Shift+Tab to cycle to the tab
you want
◆ You can also click the Window
menu, and then click a
document name at the bottom
of the menu
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Open more than one document
Click the View Size list arrow in
the Edit bar, and then select a view
size: Fit in Window, Show Frame,
Show All, or a percentage.
◆ You can also enter a custom
percentage in the View Size
box, and then press Enter (Win)
or Return (Mac)
To display the document window
in the full screen, click the
Window menu, and then click
Hide Panels.
◆ To show panels, click the
Window menu, and then click
Show Panels.
TIMESAVER Press F4 to toggle
between Hide/Show Panels
Move Document Windows
Around
Open more than one document
Do either of the following:
◆ Rearrange the order of tabbed
documents Drag a windows’
tab to a new location
◆ Dock or undock a document
window Drag the window’s tab
out of the group or into the
group
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Trang 3When you save a Flash CS5 document within the authoring environ-ment, the document is saved in the FLA format If you want to display a document in the Adobe Flash Player, you need to publish or export the document in the SWF format When you save a new document, you give it a name and specify the location in which to save the file Name your documents clearly so you can easily locate them later An unsaved Flash file displays an asterisk (*) after the name in the document name tab To retain older versions of a document as you update it, use the Save As command and give each new version a new number with the old name, such as project1, project2 and so forth In addition to saving files in the FLA format, you can also save flash content in the XFL (eXtensible Form Language) format (New !) as an uncompressed Flash document for use in other programs, such as Adobe InDesign and Adobe After Effects
Saving a Document
Save a Document in the Flash
Format
Click the File menu‚ and then click
Save.
If you are saving a document for
the first time, continue Otherwise,
Flash saves the current document
◆ To save a file with a different
name, click the File menu, and
then click Save As.
Type the new file name
Navigate to the drive or folder
location where you want to save
the document
Click Save.
If the file was created in Flash
CS4, click Save or Cancel to
convert it to Flash CS5
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Did You Know?
You can revert to the last saved
ver-sion of a document Click the File
menu, and then click Revert
You can save more than one document
at a time Click the File menu, and then
click Save All
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CS5 Uncompressed Format
Click the File menu, and then click
Save As.
Click the Format popup (Mac) or
Save As Type list arrow (Win),
and then click Flash CS5
Uncompressed Document (*.xfl).
Type the new file name
Navigate to the drive or folder
location where you want to save
the document
Click Save.
A folder with the Flash document
file name is created in the
specified location containing the
XML (Extensible Markup
Language) and the assets for the
FLA file (New!)
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Did You Know?
You can move or copy a file quickly in
a dialog box (Win) In the Open or
Save As dialog box, right-click the file
you want to move or copy, click Cut or
Copy, open the folder where you want
to paste the file, right-click a blank
area, and then click Paste
There is a difference between Save
and Save As When you save an
exist-ing document usexist-ing the Save
com-mand, Flash performs a quick save,
which appends new content to the
existing file When you save a new
document using the Save As
com-mand, Flash performs a complete save,
which saves and compacts the content
into a small file
Using an XFL Flash Uncompressed Document
In Flash CS5, you can save a Flash document (FLA) as a Flash uncompressed document (XFL) (New !) An XFL file is essentially a folder containing separate files, including XML files and other asset files for the FLA file The XML (Extensible Markup Language) file con-tains the document information for your Flash project XML uses a standard set of rules for encoding information so other programs can use it You can use a Flash uncompressed document in the XFL for-mat in other programs, such as Adobe InDesign and Adobe After Effects If you use other development programs like Flypaper, you can use the XFL format to work on the document in both programs
To view the actual XML and assets of the FLA file, open the folder in Windows Explorer (Win) or Finder (Mac) Since all the assets for a FLA file are in a folder, you can also edit the individual files, such as
an XML document, or a graphic file, in other programs, such a word-processing or graphics program With live update (New !) with XFL files, you can edit any asset from an uncompressed XFL document while the document is open in Flash When you finish editing and save an asset, the changes are automatically updated
in Flash
For Your Information
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Trang 5A file type specifies the document format (for example, a template) as well as the program and version in which the file was created (for example, Flash CS5) You might want to change the type if you’re creat-ing a custom template or sharcreat-ing files with someone who has an earlier version of Flash, such as Flash CS4 You use the Save As dialog box to change the file type for a document The Format popup (Mac) or Save
As Type list arrow (Win) displays a list of the available formats for Flash
Saving a Document
in Different Formats
Save a Document in the Flash
CS4 Format
Click the File menu, and then click
Save As.
Click the Format popup (Mac) or
Save As Type list arrow (Win), and
then click Flash CS4 Document
(*.fla).
Type the new file name
Navigate to the drive or folder
location where you want to save
the document
Click Save.
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You can delete a file in a dialog box
(Win) In the Open or Save As dialog
box, right click the file you want to
delete, and then click Delete
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Click the File menu, and then click
Save as Template.
If a warning dialog box appears,
click Save As Template.
Type a name for the new template
Click the Category list arrow, and
then click a category template
Type a description for the new
template
Click Save.
If the file was created in Flash
CS4, click Save or Cancel to
convert it to Flash CS5
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See Also
See “Creating a New Document from a
Template” on page 13 for information
on creating a new document from a
Flash template
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Trang 7At some time, everyone has a question or two about using a program
When you start Flash Help, the Adobe Community Help window opens (New !), displaying help categories and topics You can search product help from Local Help, Community Help, or Adobe.com by using keywords
or phrases or browsing through a list of categories and topics to locate specific information Local Help accesses product help on your local computer, Community Help accesses product help online, and Adobe.com accesses related help information on Adobe.com When you perform a search using keywords or phrases, a list of possible answers
is shown from the search location with the most likely responses at the top Along with help text, some help topics include links to text and video tutorials In addition, comments and ratings from users are avail-able to help guide you to an answer You can add feedback and sugges-tions by signing in to Adobe.com using an Adobe ID
Getting Help While
You Work
Get Help Information
Click the Help menu, and then
click Flash Help.
TIMESAVER Press F1 (Win) or
A+/ (Mac)
The Adobe Community Help
window opens, displaying
product help information
If you want help with ActionScript,
Flash Development, or other
support resources, click the
appropriate link
Click Help categories (plus sign
icons) until you display the topic
you want
◆ What’s New Click What’s new
in Adobe Flash Professional
CS5 under Using Flash
Professional CS5
Click the topic you want
Read the topic, and if you want,
click any links to get information
on related topics or definitions
When you’re done, click the Close
button (Win) or click the Adobe
Help menu (Mac), and then click
Quit Adobe Help.
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Click to open help in a PDF