#2. Managing Your Workspace

The workspace in Flash consists of a variety of panels. The panels can be arranged in various ways, depending on the kind of project you’re working on and the environment you’re comfortable with. Four essential panels will almost always be visible: the Tools panel, the timeline, the stage, and Properties (formerly called the Properties Inspector). Although these panels have the same functions that they did in earlier versions of Flash, their appearance and layout have changed noticeably in Flash CS4 (Figure 2a).

Figure 2a. These are the four most important panels in the Flash CS4 user interface, shown in their default layout.

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