Although you can transform a group as a whole (scale, rotate, and skew it), you can’t directly edit the individual shapes within the group, the way that you can edit an ungrouped shape. To edit the shapes within a group, you must use the Edit Selected command.
To edit the contents of a group:
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In the Toolbox, select the arrow tool. |
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On the Stage, select the group you want to edit. |
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From the Edit menu, choose Edit Selected. Flash enters group-editing mode (Figure 4.26). The info bar just above the Stage changes to indicate that you are in group-editing mode. The bounding box for the selected group disappears, and Flash dims all the items on the Stage that are not part of the selected group. These dimmed items are not editable; they merely provide context for editing the selected group. Figure 4.26. These eyes and eyebrows are a selected group that’s being edited. The other objects on the Stage are grayed out to indicate that you can’t edit them.
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Tip
When you have the Property Inspector open, you can see—and change—the height, width, and x and y coordinates of the bounding box of a selected group (Figure 4.27).
To return to movie-editing mode:
Do one of the following:
Tips
With the arrow tool selected, you can enter group-editing mode quickly by double-clicking a grouped item on the Stage.
If in addition to returning to movie-edit-ing mode, you want to work on a different scene, you can simply choose it from the pop-up menu of scenes in the info bar. Flash takes you to the new scene in movie-editing mode. (To learn more about scenes, see Chapter 11.)