Getting to know the workspace overview

The Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 workspace consists of a Stage on which you place media content, a main toolbar with menus and commands for controlling application functionality, panels and a Property inspector for organizing and modifying media assets, and a toolbar with tools for creating and modifying vector graphic content. For more information on the workspace, see the following sections:

You can select preferences to modify the default Flash workspace. Context menus and keyboard shortcuts provide ways for you to easily navigate the Flash authoring environment. Special workspace accessibility features provide additional keyboard shortcuts that let you navigate panels and dialog boxes without using the mouse. See the following sections: