Re: FLASH: One last question from Newbie tonight

[Kenneth C. Sherwood]

roadrunner wrote:


> Another thing that throws me is when I create an alpha option on a symbol.

> If I make a symbol disappear using alpha I can't see it to select it at the

> point it is invisible. Is there a setting that shows me the symbol? I really

> don't like this user manual that comes with Flash. Maybe as a newcomer I

> shouldn't make such criticism. Is there an etiquette here that I should

> follow?

> Thanks,

> Greg Landry


Greg,


Since I've been participating in/on this list for a whopping 27 days, after

subscribing and "lurking" for a month or so before that, I'll be happy to take

you under my wing and show you around. Most of what I've learned about this

list I've learned from observation of what others do.


First of all, about subject headers. When starting a new topic, as you've done

here and in your previous post, type "FLASH: " -- that's FLASH in caps, colon,

space -- no quotes -- and then type a concise accurate description of your

topic. In this case, it might have been "FLASH: Show invisible symbols?", and

in the case of your previous post, you could have used "FLASH: Tweening

motion/shape?"


This way, (1) People know what your post is about without reading it, and (2)

with "FLASH: " as the first word, it's easy for everyone to sort all the Flash

posts in their Inbox, and then do with them what they wish, including perhaps

file them away for future reference. Both (1) and (2) save us all a lot of

time, and with about 45 posts here per day, on average, time saved means a lot.


Secondly, it's common etiquette, in general, when responding to a message, to

only keep all the "old stuff" that's *relevant* to your current message -- snip

out irrelevant stuff, including signatures, sig file material, etc. This saves

bandwidth, and makes reading your post just that much easier.


As far as criticism, it seems okay around here -- you actually only used

criticism to make your point. If it's a valid point, you'll probably not be the

first or only one to have noticed it, and possible workarounds will likely be

offered. If your point is *invalid*, likely one or two folks around here will

point out *why* it's invalid, and you'll learn from that too.


As to the quality of the manual, it's pretty much agreed that it's not

top-notch, and rumor has it that this is an unfortunate pattern with

Macromedia.


Finally, as to your "invisible symbols" question, I'm too new to this to help

you with that, but others here can and likely will.


HTH.


Ken Sherwood



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