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The Property inspector

We have been mentioning this panel quite a bit to this point, and now would be a good

time to stroll over to it and take a closer look.

The Property inspector is designed to make your life easy. When you select something on

the stage, or select the stage itself, the panel will update to reflect the properties that can

be changed in regard to what was just selected (see Figure 1-9). As you become more pro￾ficient and comfortable with Flash, this panel will become an indispensable aid to your

workflow.

The panel is positioned, by default, at the bottom of the screen. You can move it elsewhere

on the screen by simply dragging it into position and releasing the mouse. There are loca￾tions on the screen where you will see a shadow or darkening of the location when the

panel is over it. This color change indicates that the panel can be docked into that location.

Otherwise, the panel will “float” above the screen.

Figure 1-9. The Property inspector

When an object is placed on the stage and selected, the Property inspector will change to

reflect the properties of that object that can be manipulated. For example, in Figure 1-10,

a box has been drawn on the stage. The Property inspector shows you the type of object

that has been selected and tells you the stroke and the fill color of the object can also be

changed. As well, you can change how scaling will be applied to the object and the treat￾ment of the red stroke around the box.

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