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    hey there - i am surely not a pro, but a ambitioned flash programmer with a stupid question: is there a way to really master the timeline? its not really nice to have a rightclick for almost everything on the timeline - does anybody know a tutorial about that? any hint in using the timeline effeciently is welcome!


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    who said you have to right click for everything on the timeline you can use the shortcut...first see the manuals..there a list of shortcuts.or may be find ur own.


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    And, on top of that freestylez:

    You can design your own shortcuts, by going to Edit >> Keyboard Preferences...

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    hmm - might be i overlooked something actually
    i´d like to have more drag´n drop possibilities..

    you know what i mean?

    and another thing -

    the timeline and drawing features could be really
    separated in the keyboard preferences...

    just my opinion.

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    True, the last point is true.

    But let me see if I understood it right: you would like the timeline (frames, blank keyframes, keyframes, and so on) to be draggable? If so, isn't it already draggable? hanks for replying...

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    well - thats why i´m asking - i use flash a little while now but the timeline (especially in flash mx) doesnt work so intuitivly for me - maybe i just do it wrong since a while but thats why i´m asking

    (its not that i dont know how to use a shortcut but sometimes the timeline just feels "unprecious")

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    Originally posted by freestylez
    ......[..]but the timeline (especially in flash mx) doesnt work so intuitivly for me - maybe i just do it wrong since a while but thats why i´m asking

    firstly i assume you have a legal copy of the beta and are asking here for help/advice on this (?)

    secondly i'd suggest to 1/. rtm (read the manual) 2/. make /set your own preferences

    we all work differently - you need to set your own style that suits you best in the authoring environment
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    firstly i assume you have a legal copy of the beta and are asking here for help/advice on this (?)
    you´re assuming right - and yes i have read the manual, so maybe i should change the topic a little bit, i didnt find a really good style in using the timeline yet, i dont mean that i have really trouble but its - like i said before - not so intuitive for me, so if somebodys in here that would say "man - how can you be so dumb - working with the timeline is perfect and i am quick like hell" then i´d just like to know how HE does it (or SHE)

    so the topic should be called:

    how do you use the timeline?

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