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Update or replace symbols

You can update or replace a movie clip, button, or graphic symbol in a document with any other symbol in a FLA file accessible on your local network. The original name and properties of the symbol in the destination document are preserved, but the contents of the symbol are replaced with the contents of the symbol you select. Any assets that the selected symbol uses are also copied into the destination document.

  1. With the document open, select a movie clip, button, or graphic symbol and select Properties from the Library Panel menu.
  2. If the Linkage and Source areas of the Symbol Properties dialog box are not showing, click Advanced.
  3. To select a new FLA file, click Browse.
  4. Navigate to a FLA file that contains the symbol to use to update or replace the selected symbol in the Library panel, and click Open.
  5. Navigate to a symbol, and click OK.
  6. In the Symbol Properties dialog box, under Source, select Always Update Before Publishing and click OK.

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idahoair said on Aug 18, 2008 at 6:47 AM :
"Browse" refers to the "Browse" button in the "Source" section of the "Advanced" area of the Properties Dialogue Box. It's not particularly obvious-just below Linkage and above the "Enable guides for 9-slice scaling" checkbox.

Don't laugh...that is fairly well hidden to a middle aged American male.

 

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