These include a couple of rotation transformations and a very cool command that enables you to flip an object. The two rotation related options exclusive to the menu are rotate 90 degree CW, which rotates the object 90 degrees clockwise; and rotate 90 degree CCW, which rotates the object 90 degree counterclockwise. You use these tools by clicking the object and choosing modify| transform| remove transform. This command completely removes the transformation and returns the object back to its original state before any transformations were applied. Alternately, the edit| undo command undoes your last move. Selecting edit| undo multiple times will undo each step one by one, up to 99 steps. You also can flip a graphic horizontally or vertically to create a mirror effect. The flip transformation options can be found in the menu under modify| transform| flip horizontal or flip vertical. You can use the flip commands to create a mirror replication of an image. When you are creating a flash movie with many objects on the stage, rearranging the objects precise becomes an important issue. If your stage layout demands balance and it is cluttered with many objects, you can use several flash options to help you make your layout appear more orderly.
You can align and distribute objects in relation to one another and the stage using the align panel. You display the align panel by selecting window| design panels| align. In addition to standard alignment features in the panel, the size, the height, and the width of two or more objects can be matched. You also can space objects evenly on a horizontal plane and a vertical plane. Aligned and distributed objects can be aligned and distributed to the actual stage if you click the to stage button. Within this panel, every possible scenario for alignment of two or more objects exists. The alignment options in the panel are represented as icons that are easy to interpret. The following are the elements of the align panel: align: from left to right the six options are left edge, horizontal center, right edge, top edge, vertical center, and bottom edge. The align options align two or more selected objects according to the alignment icon you selected. Aligning objects arranges them up on a central baseline.
The position of the object in relation to the baseline is visually depicted in the panel. Distribute: from left to right, the six options are top edge, vertical center, bottom edge, left edge, horizontal center, and right edge. The distribute options space evenly two or more selected objects. Match size: from left to right, the three options are match width, match height, and match width and height. The match size options match the dimensions of two or more selected objects. These options will make the height of all selected objects match the height of the tallest object. Space: from left to right, the two options are space evenly vertically and space evenly horizontally. The space options space evenly, either horizontally or vertically, two or more selected objects.