The Tools menu is probably the most used panel in Flash. In it are the tools needed to
manipulate items on the stage. It can also be used to do actions on the timeline.
Here are the main tools and their uses;
Selection Tool (v) - Selecting whole objects and moving them.
Subselection Tool - Selecting partial objects.
Line Tool - Drawing straight lines.
Lasso Tool - Selecting irregular shaped pieces of an object
Pen Tool - Drawing non-straight and curved lines.
Text Tool (t) - Inputting a text box onto the stage.
Oval Tool - Drawing oval and circle shapes. (Drag + Holding Shift = Circles)
Shape Tool - By default draws rectangles. (Drag + Holding Shift = Squares)
Pencil Tool - Free drawing thin lines.
Brush Tool- Free drawing brush shapes.
Free Transform - Scale, rotate, and skew an object.
Fill Transform - Distort the gradient fill of an object.
Stroke Tool - Change the color and size of a stroke.
Fill Tool - Change the color of a fill.
Eyedropper - Sample a color from the stage.
Eraser - Use a brush to erase parts of an object.
Hand Tool - Used to drag the stage around to see not visible parts of it.
