Converting Symbol Instances to Graphics

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At times, you'll want to break the link between a placed instance of a symbol and the master symbol. You may want to redraw the shape in a specific instance but not in every instance, for example. To convert a symbol back to an independent shape or set of shapes, break it apart, just as you break apart grouped shapes (see Chapter 4).

To break the symbol link:

  1. On the Stage, select the symbol instance whose link you want to break.

  2. From the Modify menu, choose Break Apart, or press graphics/01icon01.gif -B (Mac) or Ctrl-B (Windows) (Figure 6.41).

    Figure 6.41. The Property Inspector reveals that the selected graphic is a symbol instance (top). To break the link with its master symbol, choose Modify > Break Apart. The Property Inspector reveals that the selection now consists of shapes; it's no longer a symbol instance (bottom).

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    Flash breaks the link to the symbol in the library and selects the symbol's elements. The Property Inspector no longer displays information about the instance of the symbol; it displays information about the selected shapes, groups, and/or symbols.

    If you grouped any of the original elements, they remain grouped after you break the link; ungrouped elements stay ungrouped . Any symbols that existed within the original symbol remain as instances of their respective master symbols. Now you can edit these elements as you learned to do in previous chapters.

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Macromedia Flash MX for Windows and Macintosh. Visual QuickStart Guide
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guides)
ISBN: 0582851165
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 243

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