Use the Tools panel
To show or hide the Tools panel, select Window > Tools.
Select tools
Do one of the following:-
Click the tool in the Tools panel. Depending on the tool you select, a set of modifiers might appear in the options area at the bottom of the Tools panel.
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Press the tool’s keyboard shortcut. To view the keyboard shortcuts, select Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) or Flash > Keyboard Shortcuts (Macintosh). On the Macintosh, you might need to move the mouse to see the new pointer appear.
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To select a tool located in the pop‑up menu for a visible tool such as the Rectangle tool, press the icon of the visible tool and select another tool from the pop‑up menu.
Customize the Tools panel
To specify which tools appear in the authoring environment, use the Customize Tools Panel dialog box to add or remove tools from the Tools panel.
When more than one tool appears in a location, the top tool in the group (the most recently used) appears with an arrow in the lower-right corner of its icon. This arrow indicates that additional tools are present in a pop‑up menu. The same keyboard shortcut functions for all tools in the pop‑up menu. When you press and hold the mouse button on the icon, the other tools in the group appear in a pop‑up menu.
- To show the Customize Tools Panel dialog box,
do one of the following:
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(Windows) Select Edit > Customize Tools panel.
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(Macintosh) Select Flash > Customize Tools panel.
The Available Tools menu indicates the tools that are currently available. The Current Selection menu indicates the tools currently assigned to the selected location in the Tools panel.
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- To browse through the tools to specify the location to assign to another tool, click a tool in the Tools panel image or use the arrows.
- To add a tool to the selected location, select the tool in the Available Tools list and click Add. You can assign a tool to more than one location.
- To remove a tool from the selected location, select the tool in the Current Selection scroll list and click Remove.
- To restore the default Tools Panel layout, click Restore Default in the Customize Tools Panel dialog box.
- Click OK to apply your changes and close the Customize Tools Panel dialog box.
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