Flash CS4 All-In-One for Dummies (ISBN - 0470385391)

674 Pages·2021·29.7 MB·English

by Doug Sahlin and Bill Sanders

Flash® CS4
AL L -I N - O N E

FOR
DUMmIES

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Flash® CS4
AL L -I N - O N E

FOR
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by Doug Sahlin and Bill Sanders

Flash® CS4
AL L -I N - O N E

FOR
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Flash® CS4 All-in-One For Dummies®

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About the Authors

Doug Sahlin: Doug Sahlin is an author, a photographer, and a Web designer
living in Lakeland, Florida. He is the author of more than 20 books on Web
design, image editing, and digital photography. Recent titles include How
To Do Everything: Adobe Acrobat 9.0 and Digital Photography Workbook For
Dummies (Wiley). Many of his books have been bestsellers at Amazon.com.
Doug uses Flash to create Web content and multimedia presentations for his
clients.

Bill Sanders: Bill Sanders is faculty in the University of Hartford’s Multimedia
Web Design and Development program and owner of Sandlight Productions.
He also works as a developer, software architect, and consultant for Adobe
Flash Media Server and Flash. His latest project is Sandlight Green, a series of
applications to replace carbon-burning commutes with interactive software
for Internet-based management. He has published 49 books on computer-
related topics including several on Flash and ActionScript.

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Dedication

Doug Sahlin: Dedicated to the memory of my loving mother, Inez. Miss you,
kiddo!

Bill Sanders: Dedicated to my folks, William and Eleanor Sanders.

Authors’ Acknowledgments

Doug Sahlin: Thanks to Steve Hayes, for making this project possible. Kudos
to my coauthor, Bill Sanders, for his knowledge of ActionScript and for being
a great guy to work with. A tip of the hat to project editor extraordinaire Kim
Darosett, for keeping my inbox full and making this a better book. Thanks
to Rebecca Whitney, for understanding my sense of humor, being a kindred
spirit, and manicuring the text in this book to perfection. Kudos to the entire
Wiley publishing team — you guys and gals are the greatest! Special thanks
to Margot Hutchison, for being legally blonde and the best agent an author
could hope for. As always, thanks to my friends, mentors, and fellow authors
for your support and inspiration. Special thanks to my family, especially you,
Karen and Ted. A tip of the hat too to Niki, the furball who shares my space,
who is also known as Queen of the Universe.

Bill Sanders: Thanks to Doug Sahlin for being a perfect coauthor, knowl-
edgeable, and amiable. The folks at Adobe were most helpful in providing
assistance with queries about Flash as were fellow designers and developers
who share the Flash adventure. Steve Hayes and Kim Darosett deftly steered
the project and myself through the unique style of this series. Likewise, I
want to thank Kathy Simpson, Becky Whitney, and James Russell who con-
tributed to the copy and developmental editing. I imagined them having a tag
team to replace each other as they fell exhausted from my manuscript, and
after being given a stiff shot of brandy, gamely returning to do battle with
the tome. Danilo Celic did the technical editing made sure that all the code
worked as promised, and I’m glad he did! Margot Hutchinson did her usual
marvelous job of bringing author and publisher together. My wife Delia was
as supportive as always. My dogs WillDe and Ruby liked the fact that I was
available for a pat on the head and so encouraged further writing.

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Publisher’s Acknowledgments

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Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following:

Acquisitions, Editorial, and
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Project Editor: Kim Darosett

Executive Editor: Steven Hayes

Copy Editors: James Russell, Kathy Simpson,
Rebecca Whitney

Technical Editor: Danilo Celic

Editorial Manager: Leah Cameron

Media Development Project Manager:
Laura Moss-Hollister

Media Development Assistant Project
Manager: Jenny Swisher

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Cartoons: Rich Tennant
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Project Coordinator: Katherine Key

Layout and Graphics: Reuben Davis,
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Proofreaders: Laura Albert, Linda Seifert

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Corbis Digital Stock: pgs. 33, 47, 77, 91, 241, 445

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