Re: FLASH: selecting one or a few frames through layers in Flash 5!!

[Kurt Dommermuth]

At 08:31 PM 10/31/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>This operation was so easy in Flash 4. You could hightlight one frame in a

>vertical manner, i.e. going through all the layers.. Now in Flash 5 it seems

>impossible to do since it highlights big chunks at a time.. Am I missing

>something?

>

>Thanks,

>

>cloe


Hi Cloe,  I think a number of us have found this difficult.  I'm frequently 

posting responses with regard to this problem.


Here is my spiel...


Here is what I do:

1. make sure that in "Edit>Preferences" that "Shift Select" is UN-checked.

2. that in "Edit>Preferences" "Flash 4 Selection Style" is Checked.

3. Lock all layers that you don't want to select as you normally would.

4. Press the "Multiple Frame Selection" button and move the handles as you 

normally would.

5. Click on any blank part of the stage to UN-SELECT any symbols that may 

have already been selected at this point.

6. Press Cntrl A to SELECT everything that is selectable.

That should do it. Or at least it does for me. I find that doing step 5 

ensures that I will grab everything. Otherwise it seems to be hit or miss.

HTH,

Kurt

http://www.dommermuth-1.com






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