Instructional media

Flash contains a variety of media to help you learn the program quickly and become proficient in creating your own Flash applications.

About the electronic manuals and lessons

The following electronic manuals are available through the Help panel (Help > Help):

• Getting Started provides a hands-on introduction to Flash.
• Using Flash contains complete information on working in the Flash authoring tool, including all commands, features, and user interface elements.
• Using Components contains information on adding and configuring components in a Flash document, as well as information on creating components.
• The ActionScript Reference Guide provides a conceptual introduction to the ActionScript language and documents all actions, methods, and properties in the ActionScript API.

If you are a new user, you'll find the following information useful:

• Getting Started provides basic information about the Flash workspace and guides you in creating a simple document.
• A series of lessons on the How Do I tab offer an introduction to using Flash. Refer to the Quick Tasks, Basic Flash, and Basic ActionScript lessons (Help > How Do I).