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Subject:	RE: FLASH: symbol instances problem
From:	Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media
Date:	Tue, 13 Jun 2000 23:19:20 +0100

At 10:25 AM 6/13/00 , you wrote:

>I think you may want to duplcate the symbol and rename it relative to what
>you will be changing it to. Then change it.

This will result in the movie containing a separate copy of all the
original symbol's graphics for each copy you make. Embed the old symbol in
a series of new symbols instead, as described in my response.

Marc Hoffman

Poison Dart Frog Media
Flash portfolio: http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/portfolio

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