Graphic Symbols

Multiple instances

Now when you have a ball you may easily create many of them.

Select the symbol on the stage. Be sure that you only highlighted it but don’t double click it. If you accidentally are inside the symbol editing – deselect it and try to select again. Remember – it must be blue line rectangle around the symbol.

After that you may use Copy and Paste command to place more symbols on the stage – they all are going to be the absolutely the same – only position will differ.

You also may drag the symbol on the stage by holding Ctr-Shift key combination. It’s also will create a copy of the symbol.

There are so-called Instances of the Symbols on the stage. It’s only one Flash Symbol for the all balls – and we created several Instances from them.

To prove that all Instances belong to the same symbol double click one of the balls (doesn’t matter which) and change the drawings inside symbol. For example change the color. You will see the all Instances also have changed their colors at once. All instances on the stage are hard-wired to their parent Symbol and if it has been changed they will reflect all changes.

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