Macromedia® Flash™ 8 on Demand

Chapter 4. Working with Groups, Symbols, and Instances

What You’ll Do

• Create Groups

• Arrange Multiple Groups

• Use the Library

• Create Symbols

• Edit in Symbol Mode

• Create Instances

• Change Symbol and Instance Behaviors

• Swap Symbol Instances

• Use Graphic Symbols

• Use Button Symbols

• Enable and Disable Buttons

• Create Invisible Buttons

• Use Movie Clip Symbols

• Break Symbols Apart

• Modify Instance Properties

• Modify Instance Color Styles and Blends

• Use Advanced Color Options

Introduction

All vector objects are editable. As the complexity of your document increases, you can protect artwork from being inadvertently changed by storing it in special modes called groups and symbols. Groups provide a quick way to seal a shape by storing it in a bounding box that can only be edited by ...