Selecting the Stage with a keyboard shortcut is equivalent to clicking on the Stage. Any other element currently selected becomes deselected when the Stage is selected.

After the Stage is selected, use the Tab key to navigate through all objects on all layers, one at a time. You can select instances (including graphic symbols, buttons, movie clips, bitmaps, videos, or sounds), groups, or boxes. You cannot select shapes (such as rectangles) unless those shapes are instances of symbols. You cannot select more than one object at a time using keyboard shortcuts.

To select Objects on the Stage, use the following criteria:

• To select the previous object when an object is currently selected, press Shift+Tab.

• To select the first object that was created on the active frame in the active layer, press Tab. When the last object on the top layer is selected, press Tab to move to the next layer beneath it and select the first object there, and so on.

• When the last object on the last layer is selected, press Tab to move to the next frame and select the first object on the top layer there.

• Objects on layers that are hidden or locked cannot be selected with the Tab key.

• To select the Stage, press Control+Alt+Home (Windows) or Command+Option+Home (Macintosh).

• To select an object on the Stage, with the Stage selected, press Tab.