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Saving Flash documents

You can save a Flash FLA document using its current name and location, or save the document using a different name or location. You can revert to the last saved version of a document. You can also save Flash MX 2004 content as a Flash MX document.

When a document contains unsaved changes, an asterisk (*) appears after the document name in the document title bar, the application title bar, and the document tab (Windows only). When you save the document, the asterisk is removed.

You can save a document as a template, in order to use the document as the starting point for a new Flash document (this is similar to how you would use templates in word-processing or web page-editing applications). For information on using templates to create new documents, see Creating or opening a document and setting properties.

When you save a document using the Save command, Flash performs a quick save, which appends new information to the existing file. When you save using the Save As command, Flash arranges the new information into the file, creating a smaller file on disk.

If you quit Flash while one or more documents with unsaved changes are open, Flash prompts you to save the document or documents with the changes.

When you delete items from a document by undoing commands, you can choose to permanently remove the items from the document and reduce the document file size, using the File > Save and Compact command. See Saving documents when you undo steps.

To save a Flash document:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • To overwrite the current version on the disk, select File > Save.
    • To save the document in a different location and/or with a different name, or to compress the document, select File > Save As.
  2. If you chose the Save As command, or if the document has never been saved before, enter the filename and location.
  3. Click Save.

To revert to the last saved version of a document:

To save a document as a template:

  1. Select File > Save As Template.
  2. In the Save As Template dialog box, enter a name for the template in the Name text box.
  3. Select a category from the Category pop-up menu, or enter a name to create a new category.
  4. Enter a description of the template in the Description text box (up to 255 characters). The description is displayed when the template is selected in the New Document dialog box.
  5. Click OK.

To save a document as a Flash MX document:

  1. Select File > Save As.
  2. Enter the filename and location.
  3. Select Flash MX Document from the Format pop-up menu. If an alert message indicates that content will be deleted if you save in Flash MX format, click Save As Flash MX to continue. This might happen if your document contains features available only in Flash MX 2004, such as behaviors, these features will not be preserved when you save the document in Flash MX format.
  4. Click Save.

To save documents when quitting Flash:

  1. Select File > Exit (Windows) or Flash > Quit Flash (Macintosh).
  2. If you have two or more documents open with unsaved changes, Flash prompts you to review or discard the changes.
    • Click Review Changes to review the documents individually.
    • Click Discard Changes to close the documents without saving the changes.
  3. If you have one document open with unsaved changes, or if you selected Review Changes in step 2, Flash prompts you to save the changes for each document.
    • Click Save to save the document with the changes.
    • Click Don't Save to close the document without saving the changes.
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