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Printing from the Flash authoring tool

You can print frames from Flash documents as you work, to preview and edit your documents.

You can also specify frames to be printable from Flash Player by a viewer displaying the Flash document. See Printing from SWF Files.

When printing frames from a Flash document, you use the Print dialog box to specify the range of scenes or frames you want to print, as well as the number of copies. In Windows, the Page Setup dialog box specifies paper size, orientation, and various print options—including margin settings and whether all frames are to be printed for each page. On the Macintosh, these options are divided between the Page Setup and the Print Margins dialog boxes.

The Print and Page Setup dialog boxes are standard within either operating system, and their appearance depends on the printer driver selected.

To set printing options:

  1. Select File > Page Setup (Windows) or File > Print Margins (Macintosh).
  2. Set page margins. Select both Center options to print the frame in the center of the page.
  3. In the Frames pop-up menu, select whether to print all frames in the document or only the first frame of each scene.
  4. In the Layout pop-up menu, select from the following options:

    Actual Size prints the frame at full size. Enter a value for Scale to reduce or enlarge the printed frame.

    Fit on One Page reduces or enlarges each frame so it fills the print area of the page.

    Storyboard options print several thumbnails on one page. Select from Boxes, Grid, or Blank. Enter the number of thumbnails per page in the Frames text box. Set the space between the thumbnails in the Story Margin text box. Select Label to print the frame label as a thumbnail.

To preview how your scene is arranged on the printer paper (Windows only):

To print frames:

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