How to Integrate a PDF in Flash CS4
With its main working area, called a stage, Flash CS4 offers a home to a number of elements to comprise its animation files, including PDF, or portable document format, files. Integrating a PDF into Flash CS4 is a matter of determining at what point in the timeline it should appear and then bringing it to the stage for its big reveal. PDFs make it possible to add anything from graphics to multipaged documents to the Flash file without having to re-create the item from scratch.
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Instructions
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Open Flash CS4. To integrate a PDF into an existing animation, click the "Open" link and browse to the file. Double-click the FLA file. Otherwise, click the "Create New" link.
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Drag the timeline mover through the timeline to get to the point on the timeline where you want the PDF to appear.
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Right-click the cell on the timeline and select "Insert Blank Keyframe." Note a hollow circle appears on that spot on the timeline.
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Click the "File" menu. Click "Import." Click "Import to Stage."
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Browse to the PDF and double-click its file name. Leave the preset options in the Import Options window as their defaults and click the "OK" button. Depending on the PDF size, it may take a few moments to import the PDF, which then appears on the stage. The hollow circle in the timeline becomes solid.
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Tips & Warnings
If you'll be reusing the PDF in multiple places on the animation timeline, click "Import to Library" instead of "Import to Stage." Adding something to the Flash CS4 library makes that item available to be used as many times as you want. Just access the library by clicking "Window," "Library," then drag the PDF out onto the stage on that particular keyframe. Move to another keyframe and drag another copy out from the library.
