If you draw a line with your Line tool, what you will most probably see a boring, straight line. It doesn't have to be that way! Not everyone knows that Flash gives you the possibility to change the Type of your line.
Above you can see all the available sorts of lines.
Let's see how this can be done
i. Draw a line with your Line Tool (N).
ii. Select the line and, in the Properties Window, click on the drop-down menu that you can find between the Line's Height textfield and the custom button.
iii. Now you can easily specify the Type of your line.
These are the patterns available:
So, your line can now be composed of various dots and stripes.
While you will certainly not find yourself changing the Type of line too often, I'm sure there will be at least one occasion on which it will let you spare a lot of time.
Thanks for reading,
cheers
