The Flash Professional CS5 Tools Panel

The Flash Professional CS5 Tools panel contains all the tools you need to draw and edit objects. At the bottom of the Tools panel are options that modify how the tools function. Shortcuts appear in brackets. Tools hidden in flyouts are in parentheses.

Flash Professional CS5 Keyboard Shortcuts for Menu Commands

Many Flash Professional CS5 menu commands offer keyboard shortcuts. The shortcuts are displayed on the menus, next to the command name. The most commonly used Flash Professional CS5 keyboard shortcuts for menu commands are shown in the following tables. Flash Professional CS5 File Menu Commands Command Windows Mac New Ctrl+N Command+N Open Ctrl+O Command+O Close Ctrl+W Command+W Close All Ctrl+Alt+W Command+Option+W Save Ctrl+S Command+S Save As Ctrl+Sift+S Command+Shift+S Import: Import to Stage Ctrl+R Command+R Publish Shift+F12 Shift+F12 Exit (PC)/Quit (Mac) Ctrl+Q Command+Q Flash Professional CS5 Edit Menu Commands Command Windows Mac Undo Ctrl+Z Command+Z Redo Ctrl+Y Command+Y Cut Ctrl+X Command+X Copy Ctrl+C Command+C Paste in Center Ctrl+V Command+V Paste in Place Ctrl+Shift+V Command+Shift+V Clear Delete/Backspace Delete/Clear Duplicate Ctrl+D Command+D Select All Ctrl+A Command+A Deselect All Ctrl+Shift+A Command+Shift+A Timeline: Copy Frames Ctrl+Alt+C Command+Option+C Timeline: Paste Frames Ctrl+Alt+V Command+Option+V Flash Professional CS5 View Menu Commands Command Windows Mac Magnification: 100% Ctrl+1 Command+1 Magnification: Show All Ctrl+3 Command+3 Snapping: Snap to Objects Ctrl+Shift+/ Command+Shift+/ Flash Professional CS5 Insert Menu Commands Command Windows Mac New Symbol Ctrl+F8 Command+F8 Timeline: Frame F5 F5

Flash Professional CS5 Modify Menu Commands Command Windows Mac Document Ctrl+J Command+J Convert to Symbol F8 F8 Break Apart Ctrl+B Command+B Shape: Add Shape Hint Ctrl+Shift+H Command+Shift+H Timeline: Distribute to Layers Ctrl+Shift+D Command+Shift+D Timeline: Convert to Keyframes F6 F6 Timeline: Convert to Blank Keyframes F7 F7 Group Ctrl+G Command+G Ungroup Ctrl+Shift+G Command+Shift+G Flash Professional CS5 Control Menu Commands Command Windows Mac Play Enter Return Rewind Shift+, Shift+, Step Forward One Frame . (period) . (period) Step Backward One Frame , (comma) , (comma) Test Movie: In Flash Professional Ctrl+Enter Command+Return Enable Simple Buttons Ctrl+Alt+B Command+Option+B Flash Professional CS5 Window Menu Commands Command Windows Mac Timeline Ctrl+Alt+T Command+Option+T Tools Ctrl+F2 Command+F2 Properties Ctrl+F3 Command+F3 Library Ctrl+L Command+L Actions F9 Option+F9 Movie Explorer Alt+F3 Option+F3 Align Ctrl+K Command+K Color Shift+F9 Shift+F9 Info Ctrl+I Command+I Swatches Ctrl+F9 Command+F9 Transform Ctrl+T Command+T Other Panels: History Ctrl+F10 Command+F10 Other Panels: Scene Shift+F2 Shift+F2 Hide Panels F4 F4