Understanding Instances question

[Ronmc]

I'm confused about what's probably a fairly simple concept.

I have a MC button in the library. I'm happy with it but I need to use several of them on the stage and customize each button I use a little bit...so I drag three out of the buttons out of the library onto the stage. I would expect that I can customize each instance I have dragged onto the stage, changing the colors, etc. but doing so modifies all three - like I'm modifying the library button itself.

How can I keep my 'template' button in the library then drag instances onto the stage that can then be individually customized?

What am I missing here??

Thanks
RonM

[Robb@exo]

Actually you are modifying the library symbol. Clicking on any object on the stage with bring up the editing mode for the specified library symbol. There are a couple of ways around it, one is via code. Code specifically directed to a symbol by way of its instance name will differ the properties of each symbol, ie, x & y position, x & y scale, alpha, rotation, etc. The other is to duplicate the library item as many times needed and to modify each one as desired. HTH.