Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages.

Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast. More recently, it has been positioned as a tool for "Rich Internet Applications" ("RIAs"). Flash manipulates vector and raster graphics to provide animation of text, drawings, and still images. It supports bidirectional streaming of audio and video, and it can capture user input via mouse, keyboard, microphone, and camera. Flash contains an object-oriented language called ActionScript and supports automation via the JavaScript Flash language (JSFL). Flash content may be displayed on various computer systems and devices, using Adobe Flash Player, which is available free of charge for common web browsers, some mobile phones, and a few other electronic devices (using Flash Lite). Some users feel that Flash enriches their web experience, while others find the extensive use of Flash animation, particularly in advertising, intrusive and annoying, giving rise to a cottage industry that specializes in blocking Flash content. Flash has also been criticized for adversely affecting the usability of web pages.[1]

Use the Tools panel

The tools in the Tools panel let you draw, paint, select, and modify artwork, as well as change the view of the Stage. The Tools panel is divided into four sections:

The tools area contains drawing, painting, and selection tools. The view area contains tools for zooming and panning in the application window. The colors area contains modifiers for stroke and fill colors. The options area contains modifiers for the currently selected tool. Modifiers affect the tools painting or editing operations. To specify which tools to display in the authoring environment, use the Customize Tools Panel dialog box.

To show or hide the Tools panel, select Window > Tools.

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 New Open Close Close All Save Save As Import: Import to Stage Publish Exit (PC)/Quit (Mac) Window s Ctrl+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+W Mac Command+N Command+O Command+W

Ctrl+Alt Command+Optio +W n+W Ctrl+S Command+S

Ctrl+Sift Command+Shift +S +S Ctrl+R Command+R

Shift+F1 Shift+F12 2 Ctrl+Q Command+Q

Flash Professional CS5 Edit Menu Commands Command Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste in Center Paste in Place Clear Duplicate Windows Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Y Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+Shift+V Mac Command+Z Command+Y Command+X Command+C Command+V Command+Shift +V

Delete/Backsp Delete/Clear ace Ctrl+D Command+D

Select All Deselect All Timeline: Copy Frames Timeline: Paste Frames

Ctrl+A Ctrl+Shift+A Ctrl+Alt+C Ctrl+Alt+V

Command+A Command+Shift +A Command+Optio n+C Command+Optio n+V

Flash Professional CS5 View Menu Commands Command Window s Mac Command+1 Command+3

Magnification: 100% Ctrl+1 Magnification: Show Ctrl+3 All Snapping: Snap to Objects

Ctrl+Shif Command+Shi t+/ ft+/

Flash Professional CS5 Insert Menu Commands Command New Symbol Timeline: Frame Window s Ctrl+F8 F5 Mac Command+F 8 F5

Flash Professional CS5 Modify Menu Commands Command Document Convert to Symbol Break Apart Shape: Add Shape Hint Window s Ctrl+J F8 Ctrl+B Mac Command+J F8 Command+B

Ctrl+Shift Command+Shi +H ft+H

Timeline: Distribute to Layers Timeline: Convert to Keyframes Timeline: Convert to Blank Keyframes Group Ungroup

Ctrl+Shift Command+Shi +D ft+D F6 F7 Ctrl+G F6 F7 Command+G

Ctrl+Shift Command+Shi +G ft+G

Flash Professional CS5 Control Menu Commands Command Play Rewind Step Forward One Frame Windo ws Enter Mac Return

Shift+, Shift+, . . (period) (period)

, Step Backward One Frame (comma , (comma) ) Test Movie: In Flash Professional Enable Simple Buttons Ctrl+Ent Command+Retur er n Ctrl+Alt Command+Optio +B n+B

Flash Professional CS5 Window Menu Commands Command Timeline Tools Properties Windo ws Mac

Ctrl+Alt Command+Opti +T on+T Ctrl+F2 Command+F2 Ctrl+F3 Command+F3

Library Actions Movie Explorer Align Color Info Swatches Transform Other Panels: History Other Panels: Scene Hide Panels

Ctrl+L F9

Command+L Option+F9

Alt+F3 Option+F3 Ctrl+K Command+K

Shift+F Shift+F9 9 Ctrl+I Command+I

Ctrl+F9 Command+F9 Ctrl+T Command+T

Ctrl+F1 Command+F10 0 Shift+F Shift+F2 2 F4 F4