9. Audio:
A nice touch is when the buttons and bar slide back, that you hear
some sound indicating the movement.
Go back to the buttonmenu and make a new
layer named audio right under the action layer. Make a
key frame at 21 and drag an
audio clip from the Library on to the stage.
slide-up:
When someone clicks the menu button, the button will
retract up and to the right under the image symbol. This is just the
opposite of the menu going down, so we'll just use the same technique
of copying frames and reversing them like you did before.
Open the buttonmenu for editing. On
the menu layer, select all the frames from 30 to 50.
Hold the
Alt key and move the block to the right. With the block still
selected, go to Modify /
Frames / Reverse. Move the key frame with the
stop() on the action
layer to frame 70.

If you test your movie (Control
/ Test Movie ) your buttons and bar should slide to the right,
then back to the left, and the menu button down and the up.
10. Windows:
Later, we'll set up the actions that control the
whole sequence of events. Right now, we're still missing one piece of
the puzzle: the window that closes and opens, used as a
transition between different images. Make a new
movie clip symbol and name it windows. rename layer 1
as holder. Drag the rectangle symbol from your
Library on to the
stage. Use the Info
panel to set its width to 175 and height to
375. Use the Align
panel to Align horizontal
center and Align top
edge. The graphic on this layer will be used later just to
position the windows symbol on the main stage and then deleted.
It is important to set the color of your windows
now because later it won't be easy to change.
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To change the
Fill of the rectangle, open the
Effects panel,
select Tint from
the drop-down menu and choose your color.
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Let's quickly see how the windows will
look on your main timeline. Go back to the
main timeline and make a new
layer called windows. Add a key frame at 25 and drag an
instance of the windows
symbol on to the layer. Position it so it covers the images
symbol. Check the color. This is the way it's going to look when
the window closes. If you are not happy with the color, go back to the
windows symbol
and use the Effect
panel to change it. Also, with the
windows symbol selected, use the
Instance panel to give it the instance name windows.
 the right window:
The window will be situated right of center and close and open
right to left. In the windows symbol edit
mode, make a new layer above holder and call it
windowright. Frame 1 will remain empty because the
window is not seen until someone activates it. Make a key frame
on 2 and paste a copy of the rectangle symbol from the
holder layer. Use the Info
panel to set its width to 87.5 and height to
375. Then use the Align
panel to Align left edge
and Align top edge. Make a key frame on 10 and 19.

This half of the window will tween from right to left. On frame 2,
select the rectangle and use the
Info panel to change
its width to 1 and its
X Coordinate to 87.5
Do the same on frame 19 and then make two motions tweens in
the two regions. Use the Frame
panel to set the Easing
to 100.
This half of the window should now
open close toward the center of the stage.
the right line:
Just like the earlier tweens you did on the main timeline, a nice
touch is to add a line to precede the window tween. In the windows symbol edit
mode, make a new layer and name it lineright. Drag an
instance of the line symbol from the
Library on to the
layer. Use the Info panel to set its
X Coordinate to 87.5 and
Y Coordinate to 0.
Also, use the Effect
panel to set its Tint.
Make a key frame on 10 and 19. On frame 10, set the
X coordinate to 0.
Make a tween in each region and set the
Easing to 100.

Play (Enter) and the
rectangle should close and open from right to left with the line
preceding .
the left window:
The left window will be done the same way as the right except it
will be situated to the left of center and close and open from left to
right. In the windows symbol edit
mode, make a new layer and call it
windowleft. Make a key frame
on 2 and paste a copy of the rectangle symbol from the
windowright layer at
frame 10. Then use the Align
panel to Align right edge
and Align top edge. Make a key frame on 10 and 19.
As mentioned, this half of the window will tween from
left to right. On frame 2,
select the rectangle and use the
Info panel to change
its width to 1 and its
X Coordinate to -87.5
Do the same on frame 19 and then make two motions tweens in
the two regions. Use the Frame
panel to set the Easing
to 100. the left line:
Make a new layer and name it lineleft. Copy and Past the
line from the lineright
layer. Use the Info panel to set its
X Coordinate to -87.5 and
Y Coordinate to 0.
Make a key frame on 10 and 19. On frame 10, set the
X coordinate to 0.
Make a tween in each region and set the
Easing to 100.

Play (Enter)
your movie. The window panels should open and close.
To finish up, delete the
holder layer, add an
action layer and place a
stop().

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