FLASH: newbie questions, a couple

[jake]

Hi Flash Folk:


I am experimenting w/ type, and it has led me to a couple of questions:


1.  I have some large (48 pt)...I am converting each letter into a symbol

becauase I am going to try to put together a complex animation with the

letters.  Some of the characters are duplicates of one another.  So, I am

thinking that to reduce file size, I need not have multiples of the same

character...so I am trying to figure out how to find out how big a symbol

is.  I was surprised that when clicking the blue I for info in my library,

I do not see size info.  Where can I find it?  Would letters be so small

with vectors, that it is negligible and I should not care about duplicating

characters?


2.  when in a library, can you create symbols and have them automatically

reside in a certain folder within the library?  or do you just have to drag

them around in the library into their folders? not a hardship; just seems

like you should be able to select a folder, create a symbol and have the

symbol go into that folder.


TIA.

-Jake



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