Using toolbars (Windows)

In Windows, you can either dock the standard and drawing toolbars, or let them float above the window. Move a toolbar by dragging anywhere in the background or title bar (if it is floating). Drag the toolbar to the edge of the Flash window to dock it; press the Control key while dragging the toolbar to a window edge to prevent docking. The toolbar automatically switches to a horizontal layout when docked to the top or bottom of the screen and to a vertical layout when docked to the left or right edge of the screen. Double-click the title bar of a floating toolbar to switch between horizontal and vertical layout.

The Toolbar command opens the Toolbars dialog box. Use the options in the dialog box to hide or display toolbars or to change the look of Flash's toolbars.

To show or hide toolbars:

Choose Window > Toolbar.

Show Controls whether the toolbars are visible in Flash.

Standard Displays the Standard Toolbar. This toolbar contains shortcuts for standard menu commands such as Open and Print.

Drawing Displays the toolbox that contains the Flash drawing tools and their modifiers.

Status Displays the Status bar. The Status bar displays information about commands and buttons and about the state of the Caps Lock and Num Lock keys.

Controller Displays the Controller as part of the Standard toolbar.

Large Buttons Displays larger toolbar buttons. If your monitor has a higher resolution, you might want to use the larger buttons.

Show Tooltips Displays the Tooltips labels when the mouse pointer pauses over a toolbar button. Deselect this option if you don't want to see the Tooltips.