Macromedia Flash 8 for Windows & Macintosh

Visual QuickStart Guide

Macromedia Flash 8 for Windows and Macintosh

Katherine Ulrich

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Published by Peachpit Press, in association with Macromedia PressCopyright © 2006 by Katherine Ulrich

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Technical Editor: Andreas Heim

Compositors: WolfsonDesign

Indexer: Julie Bess

Cover design: Peachpit Press, Aren Howell

Cover production: Andreas Schueller

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Dedication

To Perry Whittle, whose support, both moral and technical, helps me keep it all in perspective, and who downplays my failings and promotes my successes shamelessly.