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Mine Is Bigger than Yours
Macromedia decided a long time ago that 550 x 400 was the perfect default size for the Stage because 550 x 400 is the largest a Flash movie can be if it needs to fill a browser window on a monitor with 800 x 600 resolution. Although the logic makes sense, when was the last time you created a movie with dimensions of 550 x 400? For me, it was about a million years ago. Furthermore, because many Flash projects require more than one .swf file, it might be more convenient if new Flash documents could be created with custom settings.
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Open the Document Properties (Modify > Document) dialog box and change the Stage dimensions to something you normally use or will use a lot for a particular project. If you need to, change the background color and frame rate as well. Then click Make Default, as shown in Figure 1. Every time you create a new Flash document, the Stage will use these settings. When you move on to a new project, change the default settings again. It's a one-click operation.
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1 Make your document properties the default for all new Flash
documents.