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Using guide layers

For help when drawing, you can use guide layers. You can display a square background grid in all scenes or you can create your own aids on any layer and designate that layer as a guide layer. Guide layers are indicated by a guide emblem that is displayed before the layer name. Guide layers do not appear in a published Flash Player movie.

For information on adding a motion guide, see Tweening motion along a path.

To designate a layer as a guide layer:

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) and choose Guide from the context menu.

To change a guide layer back to a normal layer:

Select the layer and choose Guide from the context menu for that layer.

Note: Place all guide layers at the bottom of your layer order. This can prevent you from accidently dragging a normal layer onto the guide layer thereby turning it into a motion guide layer.