Vertical Menu in Flash CS4 Part 2

Tutorial Adobe Flash CS4 Animation

Tutorial by The Mixer from adobeflashtutorial

This is the second part of the tutorial, this section will learn how to enter a static text field and to give a name to each of the buttons that made the vertical menu.

Step 8
Rename the duplicate symbol, the new symbol will have his name SERVICES.
After selecting the Button.

Step 9
Repeat steps 7 and 8 twice more, once you have completed these steps at the library symbols fourth button properties (CONTACT U.S, STAFF, ABOUT U.S and SERVICES).

Step 10
Back to the command button (ABOUT US), insert a new layer and this layer add a Static Text field, type the word ABOUT US.

Step 11
In layer 2 of the symbol about us insert a second keyframe F6.
Select text and change color.

Step 12
Insert a third layer and change color back to the text as shown in the picture. To change the color of the text, help with the color panel.

Step 13
Repeat steps 10, 11 and 12 in each of the symbols.
Once you are finished adding text to each of the symbols, returning to the scene.
Open the LIBRARY panel Ctrl. + L and drag the symbol ABOUT US, to the Scene.

Step 14
Select the symbol that is on the Scene then open the PROPERTIES panel.
Place the first symbol button on coordinates X: 10.0 Y: 10.0.

Step 15
Open the LIBRARY panel and drag one by one each symbol to the Scene.
As shown in the picture
ABOUT US place the symbol coordinates X: 10.0 Y: 10.0.
The symbol SERVICES put in coordinates X: 10.0 Y: 35.0.
The symbol STAFF put in coordinates X: 10.0 Y: 60.0.
The symbol CONTACT US put in coordinates X: 10.0 Y: 85.0.
This step terminating the tutorial, and have a vertical menu with buttons in three states. Done well.

Press Ctrl. + Intro to see the final animation is vertical menu. Until next time

Part 1

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