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3. Dancing Letters | Flash Tutorials

Now comes the scripting! This is where we add actions to give the letters their hyperactive motion. Change the name of the layer in your timeline to 'Letters' instead of 'Layer1'. Add another layer to your timeline (Click on the '+' symbol) and name this new layer 'Actions' (you can edit layer names by double-clicking on them). The Actions layer will have one empty keyframe in it. Add a second keyframe immediately after it, and add a normal frame to the 'Letters' layer. Check the screenshot below to make sure you have this right. Double-click on the first keyframe of the 'Actions' layer to open the Frame Properties dialog. Go to the 'Actions' tab. Add a set of actions using the '+' button. Here's the script (because you won't be able to read it properly from the screenshot). Note: When you add the actions, ensure that you use the '=' and 'abc' buttons correctly so that the quotation marks are in the right places (and not where they shouldn't be!).