I've never been really fond of using hot keys in any application. Flash wasn't an exception - the only hot key that I actually used was the combination of CTR + Z and CTR + Y (Undo and redo). However, as time went by, I gradually realized that using hotkeys is in fact a huge time saver. Flash gives you the opportunity to take the whole advantage of the hot keys by letting you create your own set of them. Before I show you how to do that, I'd like to single out those hot keys which I find exceptionally useful: