more progress

onion skinning: lets you edit only the current frame. However, you can display the contents of each frame between the onion skin markers normally.

symbols types: create interactive buttons that respond to mouse clicks, rollovers, or other actions.

Scrubbing: refers to grabbing the handle of the seek bar and dragging it in either direction to locate a particular scene in the FLV file.

Test Movie: Lets you see the progress you have made in the movie you are making.

Library: stores media assets that you create or import for use in a Flash document.

Break Apart: To break the link between an instance and a symbol and make the instance into a collection of ungrouped shapes and lines.

I really wish I had a teacher to teach me this stuff...because it is hard to learn the basics from absolutely NO past knowledge. I am trying to understand the basics, but it is kind of hard when you can't understand the terminology.