published file. You’ll change the size of the Stage to accommodate artwork
designed for a larger Stage, and you’ll change the background color of
the Stage.
1. In the Tools panel, click the Selection tool.
2. On the Stage, click anywhere in the gray workspace that surrounds the
Stage, or on the background area of the Stage, so that no objects
are selected.
The Property inspector, under the Stage, displays properties for the
document when no objects are selected.
3. To change the Stage background color, click the Background color box
and select a light shade of gray, such as gray with the hexadecimal value
of #CCCCCC.
4. To change the Stage size, click Size in the Property inspector. In the
Document Properties dialog box, enter 750 for the Stage width, and
then click OK.
The Stage resizes to 750 pixels wide.
Change your view of the Stage
You can change your view of the Stage without affecting the actual Stage
size of your document.
1. In the Stage View text box, above the right side of the Stage, enter
500%. Then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
Your view of the Stage enlarges to 500%.
2. In the Stage View pop-up menu, which you access by clicking the
control to the right of the text box, select 100% to view the Stage in
dimensions that correspond to the size of the published Flash content.
View the Library panel
Flash content that you import or that is a symbol is stored in your Library
panel. To learn more about symbols and instances, select Help > Flash
Tutorials > Basic Tasks: Create Symbols and Instances.
■ To view the Library panel, select Window > Library.
We’ve already imported library items and created symbols for objects
that you’ll use in this lesson.
Flash also contains a library of buttons that you can use in your document.
To view this library, after taking this lesson, select Window > Common
Libraries and select the Buttons library.
