You can display the Library of another movie without opening that movie, and you can use symbols from any other movie library in the current movie. Sometimes it's useful to replace a symbol in the current movie with an updated version from another movie without having to reposition all its instances on the Stage.
To use a symbol from another movie in the current movie:
| 1 | Choose File > Open as Library and select a movie. |
| The movie's library appears in its own Library window. Commands on the Options menu and the icons in the left corner are grayed-out indicating that they are unavailable. | |
| 2 | Drag the symbol from the Preview window into the current scene. |
| Flash creates an instance of the symbol on the Stage and copies the symbol itself into the library of the current movie. It is also still available as a symbol in the Library of its original movie. | |
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