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Adobe Flash Publish keyboard shortcut (Shift+F12) is used by Mac OS X 10.4

Issue

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Using the keyboard shortcut of Shift+F12 to publish from Adobe Flash causes Macintosh OS X Dashboard to launch.

For example:

1. Launch Flash 8 on OS 10.4 (Tiger).
2. Create a new FLA document.
3. Press Shift+F12 to publish the document.

The Tiger Dashboard application appears and the Flash SWF is not published.

Reason

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The Mac OS X Dashboard keyboard shortcut conflicts with the Publish keyboard shortcut Adobe Flash uses.

Ref. (133051)

Solution

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Creating a custom Keyboard Shortcut will resolve this issue.

1. Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts
2. Duplicate the existing keyboard shortcut set using the Duplicate Set button
3. Name the new Keyboard Shortcut set
4. Expand the File tree and select "Publish"
5. Select and remove the existing keyboard shortcut for Edit > Publish
6. Choose + to add a new shortcut
7. Press the desired new keyboard shortcut (for example, Command + Shift + F12)
8. Choose OK to close the Keyboard Shorcut dialog box and make the new custom set the currently assigned set.

For complete information, see "Customizing keyboard shortcuts" in Adobe Flash Help.

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