Aligning objects on stage throughout timeline

I am new to Flash and am probably missing the obvious.
I want to select objects on the stage and move them to a new
position, or align them to a guide line. However, I want to do this
for a whole series of frames in the timeline. In essence, select
all frames in the timeline, and then select all objects on the
stage, and align them to the left side and top side.
However, it seems to only align objects in the current frame.
I started with one circle on stage, then added more keyframes
in the timeline, changing the color of the fill at different
keyframes.
Is there another way to do what I want?
Thanks,
Patrik

I found it...Edit Multiple Frames.

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