MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH - Printing from the Flash Authoring Tool

68 Working with Flash Documents
3. Click Publish.
Flash generates a text file with the extension .txt. (If the document file is myMovie.fla, the
text file is myMovie Report.txt.) The report lists the size of each frame, shape, text, sound,
video and ActionScript script by frame.
Printing from the Flash authoring tool
You can print frames from Flash documents as you work, to preview and edit
your documents.
You can also specify frames to be printable from Flash Player by a viewer that shows the Flash
document. See Chapter 20, “Printing from SWF Files,” on page 535.
When printing frames from a Flash document, you use the Print dialog box to specify the
range of scenes or frames you want to print as well as the number of copies. In Windows, the
Page Setup dialog box specifies paper size, orientation, and various print options—including
margin settings and whether all frames are to be printed for each page. On the Macintosh,
these options are divided between the Page Setup and the Print Margins dialog boxes.
The Print and Page Setup dialog boxes are standard within either operating system, and their
appearance depends on the selected printer driver.
To set printing options:
1. Select File > Page Setup (Windows) or File > Print Margins (Macintosh).
2. Set page margins. Select both Center options to print the frame in the center of the page.
3. In the Frames pop-up menu, select whether to print all frames in the document or only the
first frame of each scene.
4. In the Layout pop-up menu, select from the following options:
Actual Size prints the frame at full size. Enter a value for Scale to reduce or enlarge the
printed frame.
Fit on One Page reduces or enlarges each frame so it fills the print area of the page.
Storyboard options print several thumbnails on one page. You can select from Boxes,
Grid, or Blank. Enter the number of thumbnails per page in the Frames text box. Set the
space between the thumbnails in the Story Margin text box. Select Label to print the
frame label as a thumbnail.
To print frames:
■ Select File > Print.