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Step Two: The Invisible Button

1. Go to: Insert > New Symbol
2. Name it: Invisible Button
3. For Behaviour select: Button
4. Click: OK
5. In the frame below the word HIT, right click (Mac: Ctrl click) and select: Insert Blank Keyframe
6. Using the Rectangle Tool draw a: Rectangle

Note: It does not matter how big the rectangle is.

7. Place the rectangle on top of the cross in the: Centre of Stage
8. Return to the Main Stage by clicking on the Scene 1 button:
9. Open your Library: Window>Library (F11)
10. Rename Layer 1: Buttons
11. Drag onto the Main Stage the new button: Invisible Button
12. With the Free Transformation Tool resize the button so that it covers the: Entire Stage
    
    
    The Invisible Button now covers the entire Stage.
    
13. Attach the following Actionscript to the button:
    
        on (rollOver) {
            gotoAndStop(2);
        }
    
    Because it is a Roll Over button, as soon as the mouse goes over top of the movie, the Play Head will move to frame 2 and stop. The reason for the Invisible Button is to give Flash an opportunity to find the location of the Mouse Cursor.