Work with libraries

The Library panel (Window > Library) displays a scroll list with the names of all items in the library, which lets you view and organize these elements as you work. An icon next to an item’s name in the Library panel indicates the item’s file type.

Open a library in another Flash file

  1. From the current document, select File > Import > Open External Library.
  2. Navigate to the Flash file whose library you want to open and click Open.

    The selected file’s library opens in the current document, with the filename at the top of the Library panel. To use items from the selected file’s library in the current document, drag the items to the current document’s Library panel or to the Stage.

Resize the Library panel

 Do one of the following:

  • Drag the lower-right corner of the panel.

  • Click the Wide State button to enlarge the Library panel so it shows all the columns.

  • Click the Narrow State button to reduce the width of the Library panel.

Change the width of columns

 Position the pointer between column headers and drag to resize.

You cannot change the order of columns.

Access the Panel menu for the Library panel

 Click the Panel menu button in the Library panel’s title bar.

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