This way you can navigate between open libraries more easily using the new drop-down list. With multiple files open, each open files is consolidated into a single panel that acts like all other panels in Flash - it stays where it's put.

Script Assist provides a visual user interface for editing scripts that includes automatic syntax completion as well as descriptions for the parameters of any given action. Script Assist, formerly Normal Mode, is back, and it's better than ever. Flash Professional 8 includes a major focus on usability enhancements so developers can work more efficiently without the application getting in the way. With Macromedia Flash Pro 8, you can reach the widest possible audience via the free and widely distributed Flash Player, installed on 98 percent of desktops globally. Flash Pro 8 gives you the creative and technical tools you need to unleash applications to the web, Windows, Macintosh, Unix, PDAs, and even cell phones.

Macromedia provides full design control to maximize creativity, resulting in a consistent end-user experience across a variety of platforms. A major product release for Macromedia, Flash Professional 8 has many brand new features including: amazing graphic effects, integrated and stand-alone video encoding complete with support for alpha transparency, high-quality text rendering with advanced anti-aliasing control, improved text tools, and a new video plug-in to export Flash Video (FLV) files from professional video products.

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