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Setting Text
Preferences
Set Text Preferences
Click the Flash (Mac) or Edit (Win)
menu, and then click Preferences.
Click the Text category.
Select from the following options:
◆ Show Asian Text Options. Select
to show Asian text options in the
Property Inspector (New!).
◆ Show Right-To-Left Text Options.
Select to show Direction options
in the Property Inspector (New!).
◆ Font Mapping Default. Click the
list arrow, and then select a font
to use when substituting missing
fonts. Click the Style list arrow,
and then select a font style.
◆ Show For Missing Fonts. Select
to show the Font Mapping dialog
box.
◆ Vertical Text options.
◆ Default Text Orientation.
Select to make default
orientation vertical, which
is useful for Asian fonts.
◆ Right To Left Text Flow.
Select to reverse the default
text direction.
◆ No Kerning. Select to turn
off kerning for vertical text.
◆ Input Method. Select the Text
Input Window check box (Mac)
or language option to select a
language type.
◆ Font Menus. Select check boxes
and option to show fonts in
menus.
Click OK.
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When you edit or work with text in a Flash document, you can specify
text related preferences. You can select a font to use when substituting
missing fonts, or select text orientation options, which is useful when
using English (horizontal) or Asian (vertical) language fonts. In addition,
you can select a language as an input method.
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Setting Clipboard
Preferences
Set Clipboard Preferences
Click the Flash (Mac) or Edit (Win)
menu, and then click Preferences.
Click the Clipboard category.
Select from the following options:
◆ Bitmaps (Win). Select options
for Color Depth and Resolution
to specify these parameters for
bitmaps copied to the
Clipboard. Select Smooth to
apply anti-aliasing. Enter a
value in the Size Limit box to
specify the amount of RAM that
is used when placing a bitmap
on the Clipboard.
◆ PICT Settings (Mac). Select
Objects to preserve data
copied to the Clipboard as a
vector graphic, or select one of
the bitmap formats to convert
the image. Enter a value for
Resolution. Select the Include
Postscript check box to include
Postscript data. For gradients,
select an option to specify
quality in the PICT.
◆ Gradient quality. Select an
option to specify the quality of
gradient fills placed in the
Windows Metafile.
Click OK.
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When you copy or cut graphics to the Clipboard, you can set prefer-
ences to determine how you want to paste the graphic into a Flash
document. The preference options give you control over the size and
quality of the graphics you insert in a document. If you are using
Windows, the Clipboard preferences include options for bitmaps and
gradients in the Windows Metafile format. If you are using a
Macintosh, the Clipboard preferences include options for the PICT
format.
Macintosh options
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Setting Warning
Preferences
Set Warning Preferences
Click the Flash (Mac) or Edit (Win)
menu, and then click Preferences.
Click the Warnings category.
Select from the following options:
◆ Warn On Save For Adobe Flash
CS4 Compatibility. When you
save documents with content
features specific to Flash CS5.
◆ Warn On URL Changes In
Launch And Edit. If the URL for
a document has changed.
◆ Warn On Inserting Frames
When Importing Content. When
Flash inserts frames while you
import audio or video files.
◆ Warn On Encoding Conflicts
When Exporting ActionScript
Files. When you create a
document with different
language characters for export.
◆ Warn On Conversion Of Effect
Graphic Objects. When you
attempt to edit a symbol with
effects applied to it.
◆ Warn on sites with overlapped
root folder. When you create a
site in which the local root
folder overlaps another site.
◆ Warn On Behavior Symbol
Conversion. When you convert
a symbol with a behavior
attached to a symbol of a
different type.
◆ Warn On Symbol Conversion.
When you convert a symbol to
a symbol of a different type.
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Flash provides warning messages when you perform actions that might
create problems for your document or lose important data. The warn-
ings help you avoid compatibility problems with Flash CS4 and charac-
ter corruption from encoding, which lets you know about missing fonts,
URL changes, and symbol conversion. Additional warnings let you know
when importing audio and video content inserts frames and when
motion frames or target objects contain ActionScript.
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◆ Warn On Automatically
Converting From Drawing Object
To Group. When you convert an
object drawn in Object Drawing
mode to a group.
◆ Warn On Automatically
Converting Objects To Drawing
Objects.
◆ Show Incompatibility Warnings
On Feature Controls. When
controls are not supported by
the Flash Player version
specified in Publish Settings.
◆ Warn On Automatically
Generating ActionScript Classes
For Timelines. When you don’t
create a class, Flash does.
◆ Warn On Compiled Clips
Defining ActionScript Classes
For Symbols. When you try to
create ActionScript classes for
symbols.
◆ Warn On Converting Multiple
Selection To Symbol For Tween.
When you don’t have a symbol
to create a tween.
◆ Warn On Replacing Current
Tween Target. When you try to
replace the current tween target
◆ Warn On Motion Frame Contains
ActionScript.
◆ Warn On Motion Target Object
Contains ActionScript.
◆ Warn On IK Bones Not Showing.
◆ Warn On Text Needs Embedded
Font. When a font is not avail-
able on your computer (New!).
◆ Warn On Clearing SWF History
When Saving Template (New!).
◆ Warn On RSL Preloading Causes
All Content To Download Before
The First Frame Will Play
(New!).
◆ Warn On Remove Default Value
From RSL List (New!).
Click OK.
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You can use the Page Setup dialog box in Macintosh to select the size
and location in the printer of the paper you want to use. You can also
select the page orientation (portrait or landscape) that best fits the
entire document or any selection. Portrait orients the page vertically
(taller than it is wide) and landscape orients the page horizontally
(wider than it is tall). When you shift between the two, the margin set-
tings automatically change. Margins are the blank spaces between the
edges of a page and the image. The printer only prints within these
margins. You can use the Print Margins dialog box to change margins
and layout. The layout options allow you to specify the frames you want
to print, and the frame size and display on the page.
Working with Page
Setup in Macintosh
Work with Page Setup
in Macintosh
Open a document.
Click the File menu, and then click
Page Setup.
Click the Settings list arrow, and
then click Page Attributes.
Select from the various Page
Attributes options:
◆ Format For. Click the Format For
list arrow, and then select a
printer. If your printer is not
accessible from the list, click
the Edit Printer List, and then
add your printer (you may need
the printer disc, or access to
the Internet, to load the latest
drivers).
◆ Paper Size. Click the Paper Size
list arrow, and then select from
the available options. The
default printer will determine
the available paper sizes.
◆ Orientation. Click the Portrait,
Landscape Left, or Landscape
Right button.
◆ Scale. Enter a percentage
value to increase (over 100) or
decrease (under 100) the size of
the printed document.
Click OK.
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Change Print Margins and
Layout in Macintosh
Open a document.
Click the File menu, and then click
Print Margins.
Enter Left, Right, Top, and Bottom
page margins, and then select the
Center check boxes to center
material on the page.
Select from the Layout options:
◆ Frames. Click the Frames list
arrow, and then click First
Frame Only or All Frames.
◆ Layout. Click the Layout list
arrow, and then select a layout
option: Actual Size, Fit On One
Page, or one of the Storyboard
options.
◆ Scale. Enter a scale
percentage value.
Click OK.
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Setting Clipboard
Preferences
Set Clipboard Preferences
Click the Flash (Mac) or Edit (Win)
menu,. Flash (Mac) or Edit (Win)
menu, and then click Preferences.
Click the Warnings category.
Select from the following options:
◆ Warn On Save For Adobe Flash