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Customizing the toolbar

You can customize the toolbar to specify which tools appear in the authoring environment. You use the Customize Toolbar dialog box to add or remove tools from the toolbar.

You can display more than one tool in one location. When more than one tool is displayed in a location, the top tool in the group (the most recently used) is displayed with an arrow in the lower right corner of its icon. When you press and hold the mouse button on the icon, the other tools in the group appear in a pop-up menu. You can drag to select a tool from the menu.

To customize the toolbar:

  1. To display the Customize Toolbar dialog box, do one of the following:
    • In Windows, select Edit > Customize Toolbar.
    • On the Macintosh, select Flash > Customize Toolbar.

      The Available Tools menu indicates the tools that are currently available in the Flash. The Current Selection menu indicates the tool (or tools) currently assigned to the selected location in the toolbar.

      Note: If more than one tool is assigned to one location in the toolbar, the additional tools appear in a pop-up menu located behind the top tool in the group. A small arrow in the lower right corner of the top tool indicates that additional tools are present. The same keyboard shortcut functions for all tools in the group.

  2. Click a tool in the toolbar graphic or use the arrows to cycle through the tools, to specify the location to which you want to assign another tool.
  3. To add a tool to the selected location, select the tool in the Available Tools list and click the Add button. It is possible to assign a tool to more than one location.
  4. To remove a tool from the selected location, select the tool in the Current Selection scroll list and click the Remove button.
  5. Click OK to apply your changes and close the Customize Toolbar dialog box.

To restore the default toolbar layout:

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