Join Todd Perkins for an in-depth discussion in this video Finding and replacing all types of content, part of Flash Professional: Shortcuts.
Whether you want to refactor some code or simply change the text in a text field, …Flash's Find and Replace command can speed up your workflow by allowing…you to quickly make massive changes across an entire FLA.…So I have some dummy text here just to show you the power of Flash's Find and Replace.…I like to use the keyboard shortcut Command+F or Ctrl+F to launch the Find…and Replace window.…You can find that under the Edit menu if you like menu commands.…Note that you can search in your Current Document or just the Current Scene,…and you can choose what to search for: Text or Font, Color, Symbol, Sound, Video or Bitmap.…
You can do all types of text to search through.…Note that at the bottom of the screen you can choose those checkboxes, whether…you want to replace things in ActionScript or Strings in ActionScript or things…that are whole words or match the case.…We really have a lot of options.…Let's start by replacing just the first word in our text which is Lorem, L-O-R-E-M.…So type in the text field Lorem, capital L. Make sure that L is capitalized and…
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5/18/2011- Editing multiple frames
- Finding and replacing content
- Importing sequences of images
- Enabling buttons and ActionScript without testing the movie
- Creating custom shortcuts with the History panel
- Animating with easing presets
- Setting onion skinning and onion skinning outlines
- Embedding fonts
- Adding vars in a text field
- Using code snippets and behaviors
- Fixing coding errors
- Limiting SWF file sizes
- Optimizing Flash Player performance with a preloader
- Additional Flash CS5.5 shortcuts
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome31s
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1. The Top 20 Shortcuts
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The Break Apart command3m 35s
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Zooming shortcuts2m 13s
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Editing multiple frames2m 9s
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The Align panel2m 16s
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Fast masking1m 38s
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Muting sounds1m 21s
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2. Design-Related Shortcuts
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Panel shortcuts1m 48s
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Drawing shortcuts2m 44s
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Testing movies1m 30s
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Using the Movie Explorer3m 29s
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Saving and loading colors2m 15s
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3. Animation Shortcuts
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Working with frame previews1m 45s
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4. Library Shortcuts
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5. Text Shortcuts
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Spell-checking2m 19s
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Embedding fonts2m 21s
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6. Coding Shortcuts
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Using the Auto Format tool2m 15s
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Fixing coding errors2m 31s
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7. Optimization Shortcuts
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Keeping SWF file sizes small4m 15s
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Optimizing bitmaps3m 6s
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Optimizing audio1m 56s
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8. CS5.5 Shortcuts
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Copying and pasting layers1m 40s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye24s
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