Symbol is a part of flash where simply you can convert the object for various compatible functions. You can find this option in modify menu tool or you can convert the object into symbol by pressing F8 and that is after selection the object. Symbol conversion is depending on as per work. It’s used for button, Graphic and Movie clip. These three categories are the base. recommended to use the proper name for every symbol. Symbols can be create after create shapes.

Symbols can be created before the object go with insert tab and then new symbol (Ctrl+f8) or after the created the shape just follow the above paragraph.

symbol

Movie clip

After converting movie clip symbol go to windows panel and click properties panel to see the changes effect and now you can customize the movie clip settings. But the question is why I use movie clip so the answer is to use the filter effect, color effect and blend mode which is normally not display directly after create the object or image. Additional part is here instance name and that is very useful at the time of coding work.

Graphic

Another part is graphic this is not work like movie clip but some part you can customize like color effect, looping, position and size.

Button

This option is work as like movie clip but the additional feature is tracking. It’s normally use for web purpose. You can change the button properties by double click on the object and change the button over, down, hit setting. You can get more buttons from the common libraries.

All the converted shapes are stores in the libraries panel in with their attributes and the benefit is you can use it later if you require that.

Symbols are very useful so use it to get more better result.