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Flash Tutorial - Text Scroll using simple ActionScript

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Step Two: Creating Buttons

1. Go to: Insert > New Symbol (Ctrl+F8)
2. For Name select: Top Button
3. For behaviour select: Button
4. Click on the OK
   You can now start editing the button. Your scene title and timeline should look like this:
   
   
   Button Timeline.
   
   
5. Draw a shape in the: Up Frame (I drew a triangle.)
6. Fill the shape with a suitable colour. (The fill colour must contrast with the background colour of the stage.)
   
   
   My button shape.
   
   
   
7. In the Timeline select the Over Frame
8. Right Click (Mac: Ctrl click) in the timeline Over Frame and select: Keyframe (F6)
9. Change the fill colour of the button (which is automatically placed) in this frame (So that the button changes colour on mouse rollover).

   Note: You do not need to modify the other two frames in the button.

10. Return to the Main Stage by clicking on the Scene 1 Tab:
    
    
11. Repeat steps 1 to 10 to create a button named: Bottom Button.