If you've created an animated sequence on the Stage and want to reuse it elsewhere in the movie, or if you want to manipulate it as an instance, you can select it and save it as a movie clip symbol.
To convert animation on the Stage into a movie clip:
| 1 | Select every frame in every layer of the animation on the Stage. |
| 2 | Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) and choose Copy frames from the context menu, or choose Edit > Copy Frames. |
| 3 | Make sure nothing on the Stage is selected and choose Insert > Create Symbol. |
| 4 | Name the symbol, select Movie Clip in the Symbol Properties dialog box, and click OK. |
| Flash opens a new symbol for editing in symbol-editing mode. | |
| 5 | Click the first frame of the Timeline and choose Edit > Paste Frames. |
| 6 | Choose Edit > Edit Movie to return to the main movie Stage. |
| 7 | Delete the animation from the main movie Timeline by selecting every frame in every layer of the animation and choosing Insert > Delete Frame. |
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