Building Flash ® Web Sites FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Doug Sahlin 01_792209 ffirs.qxp 3/30/06 6:15 PM Page iii 01_792209 ffirs.qxp 3/30/06 6:15 PM Page ii Building Flash ® Web Sites FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_792209 ffirs.qxp 3/30/06 6:15 PM Page i 01_792209 ffirs.qxp 3/30/06 6:15 PM Page ii Building Flash ® Web Sites FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Doug Sahlin 01_792209 ffirs.qxp 3/30/06 6:15 PM Page iii Building Flash® Web Sites For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permit- ted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2006921152 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-79220-8 ISBN-10: 0-471-79220-9 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1B/RX/QU/QW/IN 01_792209 ffirs.qxp 3/30/06 6:15 PM Page iv About the Author Doug Sahlin is a photographer, videographer, and Web designer living in Lakeland, Florida. He has written 16 books on computer graphics and office applications and co-authored 3 books on Photoshop and 1 book on digital video. Recent titles include Digital Photography QuickSteps and How To Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 7.0. Many of his books have been bestsellers at Amazon.com. Doug’s books have been translated into five languages. He uses Flash 8.0 Professional to create Web sites and multimedia presentations for his clients. 01_792209 ffirs.qxp 3/30/06 6:15 PM Page v 01_792209 ffirs.qxp 3/30/06 6:15 PM Page vi Dedication Dedicated to the memory of my mother, Inez, my best friend and one of the kindest and wisest souls to walk the face of this earth. Author’s Acknowledgments Thanks to Acquisitions Editor Steve Hayes for making this project possi- ble. Special thanks to Project Editor Nicole Sholly and Copy Editor Andy Hollandbeck — an upstanding kind of guy and fellow Frank Zappa fan — for manicuring this work for public consumption. My sincere thanks to the Wiley editorial staff for their support and contribution to this work. Kudos to the lovely and talented Margot Maley Hutchison for being the best literary agent on the planet. Thanks to fellow authors Ken Milburn and Joyce Evans for their continued support and friendship. Special thanks to my friend Bonnie Blake for creative inspiration. 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