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Going Further

So far we've just shown you the bare bones of Flash 5. By adding buttons, sound, different background colors, and a "creative" motion tween, you can take the simple animation you created earlier to another level. Test drive the animation below by clicking on the "Go" button:

Still, this is just a glimpse of the power of Flash. By being a software tool that can add the element of interactivity to the Web, Flash can be especially useful in educational applications. Using Flash, LightCone Interactive has programmed entire interactive textbooks both in biology and genetics.

One reason Flash is becoming increasing popular is because it works well with HTML. The main Navigational Buttons in upper left corner of the webTeacher Tutorial were programmed using Flash.

 

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