• image1 - slide
• image2 - slide1
• image3 - slide2
• image4 - slide3

• Open a new movie. Right click on your stage and select movie properties flash 5). Set the movie properties to be 240 wide by 210 high, black background.
• Click on the words Layer1 to get an edit box and Rename the layer 1 Background (or double click on the word Layer1, then type in the name).
• Right click on background and insert a layer named Buttons.
• Right click on buttons layer and insert a layer named slides.
• Right click on layer slides and select insert a layer called scripts.

• Click on the background layer.
• Select the Rectangle tool.
• Set your line color to black (Window>Panels>Stroke).
• Select your fill color as a linear gradient as shown below (Window>Panels>Fill).

• Use your fill palette to help you set the gradient colors Set the colors from light blue to dark blue. To set the light blue, click the left hand small color swatch under the gradient bar. Then click the little downward carrot on the larger color box to set light blue. To set the dark blue, click the right hand small color box and then click the larger box to get the color picker for this. Set this one to dark blue.
• Use your rectangle tool to draw a rectangle to cover your stage.
• Use your fill transform tool to rotate your fill 90 degrees counter clockwise so the light blue is on the bottom and move the center down so the top half appears mostly dark blue. First Select the rectangle, click on Window>Panels>Transform). In the rotate box, type 90. Resize the rectangle if necessary.
• Lock the background bly clicking in the lock column on the background layer.
• Click on the slides layer. Add a total of 5 key frames to the Slides layer by clicking in frame 1 of the slides layer and hitting your F6 key 4 times. Click in Frame 1 of the slides layer.
• Select your type tool by clicking the A in your tools palette. Open your character panel to specify different font options (Window>Panels>Character). Set the type color to gold, hex value #CCCC99 (drop down the color palette and then type in the pound sign and number), size 27, Ariel, Bold. Type in "My Slide Show" and center this in the upper third. You may want to use the align tool to center your type left to right to the stage. Notice that the To Stage button is indented. Highlight your type using your arrow tool and click insert=> convert to symbol. Call the symbol "intro" and set it to a movie clip. Later you may want to go back and do a transition for this text.
• Click Frame 2 of the slides layer. Open your library and find the image1.gif image and drag onto your stage. Center this image left to right by using the align tool set to stage. Move the image up so it is in the to 2/3 of the stage.
• Click on Frame 3 of the slides layer. Open your library and find the image2.gif image and drag onto your stage. Center this image left to right by using the align tool set to stage. move the image up so it is in the to 2/3 of the stage.
• Click on Frame 4 of the slides layer. Open your library and find the image3.gif image and drag onto your stage. Center this image left to right by using the align tool set to stage. move the image up so it is in the to 2/3 of the stage.
• Click on Frame 5 of the slides layer. Open your library and find the image4.gif image and drag onto your stage. Center this image left to right by using the align tool set to stage. move the image up so it is in the to 2/3 of the stage.
• Use your onion skin to help you align each of the frames 2-5 so that they are equidistance from the top of the stage. Click the onion skin to turn it off when you are done with this. Also check your Infor Panel (Windows>Panel>Info) and use the x and y coordinates to line up each picture.
• Click on frame 5 of the scripts layer and hit F5 to have that key frame span from frames 1-5. Lock the scripts layer and the slides layer.
• Click on the buttons layer. Select your oval tool. Set the fill color to be the light blue to dark blue but set to Radial Gradient instead. Draw a circle the size you want your forward button to be. Highlight that circle and click Insert=> Convert to symbol. Set the symbol to button. You may want to import or make the glass buttons, but for now, we will have a simple button.

• Drag 3 more instances of your button out onto the stage. Line them up in the bottom third of your stage.
• Select your Text tool. Type at font size 27 in dark blue the number 7 on the left button, 3 on the next button, 4 on the next and 8 on the last. Select each text box, one at a time, and set the font to Webdings. These will be your button labels.

SCRIPTING

• Click in the first frame of the script frame and add action stop.
• Click on the first button. This button will return the movie to frame 1, hence the script has to be written that way. Open your action panels (Window>Actions) while this first button is highlighted. Place this script in for the first button by copying the script, then right clicking in the right panel and pasting the script below. Make sure the button is selected, not the Webdings.

on (release){
gotoAndStop(1);
}

• Click on the second Button. This button will move the movie back a frame on the time frame., If the frame is 1, it should move to the end frame; hence this script.

on (release) {
i--;
if (i==0) {
i=5;
}
gotoAndStop(i);
}

• Click on the third Button. This button will move the movie forward a frame on the time frame., If the frame is 5, it should move to the starting frame frame; hence this script.

on (release) {
i++;
if (i==6) {
i=1;
}
gotoAndStop(i);
}

18. Click on the third Button. This button will move the movie all the way to the ending frame. Place this script in for the last button.

on (release){
gotoAndStop(5);
}

Of course, if you use more slides then 5 frames you will adjust the values accordingly. Your Movie is ready to play!