When Flash is running with no documents open, the Welcome screen appears. The Welcome screen contains the following four areas:

Open a Recent Item

Lets you open your most recent documents (click the Open icon).

Create New

Lists Flash file types, such as Flash documents and ActionScript™ files.

Create from Template

Lists the templates most commonly used to create Flash documents.

Extend

Links to the Flash Exchange website, where you can download helper applications, extensions, and related information.