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wheedwacker · 18-12-2007, 19:47

I have a flash symbol. I clicked on it, copy & pasted it. Now I want to make the second one I copied to be its own separate symbol, so I can edit it individually.

How do I do this?

wheedwacker · 18-12-2007, 20:01

I tried converting it to its own symbol, but when I go to edit it, it shows up as the original symbol.

Shiro · 18-12-2007, 20:12

Copy the original object/symbol, then edit the copy and drag it into the workspace.

wheedwacker · 18-12-2007, 20:37

Thanks haku.

Shiro · 18-12-2007, 21:17

No worries. Did that work?

wheedwacker · 18-12-2007, 21:20

Yes, it did. I am working with someone else's flash files, and they used two different symbols for one real item (which doesn't make any sense). The convert to symbol thing I tried would have worked for 1 symbol, but not the symbol within a symbol. With your method I could copy both symbols and edit both of them to make it work.

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wheedwacker competitionmaster 2.0 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,448	Flash problem I have a flash symbol. I clicked on it, copy & pasted it. Now I want to make the second one I copied to be its own separate symbol, so I can edit it individually. How do I do this?

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18-12-2007, 20:01	#2 (permalink)
wheedwacker competitionmaster 2.0 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,448	I tried converting it to its own symbol, but when I go to edit it, it shows up as the original symbol.

18-12-2007, 20:12	#3 (permalink)
Shiro shiro Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 3,066	Copy the original object/symbol, then edit the copy and drag it into the workspace.

18-12-2007, 20:37	#4 (permalink)
wheedwacker competitionmaster 2.0 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,448	Thanks haku.

18-12-2007, 21:17	#5 (permalink)
Shiro shiro Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 3,066	No worries. Did that work?

18-12-2007, 21:20	#6 (permalink)
wheedwacker competitionmaster 2.0 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,448	Yes, it did. I am working with someone else's flash files, and they used two different symbols for one real item (which doesn't make any sense). The convert to symbol thing I tried would have worked for 1 symbol, but not the symbol within a symbol. With your method I could copy both symbols and edit both of them to make it work.

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