Macromedia Designer: Find and Replace Colors in Flash

Contributed by shamanstears October 24, 2006  
Tagged: Web application programming

You can use Find and Replace to change the colors of text, fills, strokes, or a combination of these. You cannot find and replace colors in grouped objects. To find and replace a color:

1. In Macromedia Designer, click Edit then select Find and Replace.

2. Select Color from the pop-up menu.

3. To search for a color, click the Color control and do one of the following:

–Select a color from the color pop-up window.
–Drag from the Color control to use the eyedropper tool, select any color on the screen.
–Enter a hex color value in the Hex Edit text box in the color pop-up window.
–Click the Color Picker button and select a color.

4. To select a color to use in replacing the specified color, click the Color control under Replace With and do one following:

–Select a color from the color pop-up window.
–Drag from the Color control to use the eyedropper tool, select any color on the screen.
–Enter a hex color value in the Hex Edit text box in the color pop-up window.
–Click the Color Picker button and select a color.

5. Select the Fills, Strokes, or Text option (or a combination) to specify where you want the color to be found and replaced.

6. Select Live Edit to select the next occurrence on the Stage and edit it in place.

7. To find a color, click Find Next to find the next occurrence or click Find All to find all occurrences.

8. To replace a color, click Replace to replace the currently selected occurrence or click Replace All to replace all occurrences.