All layers displayed in outlines issue

I teach University level courses in Flash Animation and on of my
students has encountered a strange issue: all the layers are
displayed as outlines. I can assure you that outline mode is
NOT switced on "globally" or for each layer. I have tried toggling
the icons on and off to see if that would reset it, but it did not.
Every new document is doing this, even after relaunching the
program and rebooting the OS,
Preview and Published display correctly, it is only in the
the working environment that things aren't right.
None of the other workstations are doing this, just this one.
I did an update, but the issue persisted.
The weirdest part about it is, when I gave him a file created on
my laptop to see what would happen, everything was displayed
normally, New layers added to this document also displayed
normally.
We have iMac workstatios running Snow Leopard if that makes
a difference.
This is Flash CS5 by the way.
Other than doing a re-install, does anyone have any idears?
Thanks in advance for help on this!

Ned is correct. You always need to have a preview mode selected. Clicking on it while it is selected will not disable it. You need to choose a different preview mode setting. Also preview mode is saved per fla; therefore, you don't see this issue when opening your fla on your student's computer.
To set a default preview mode for new document:
1. Create a new flash document (AS2, AS3, etc...) or open any existing document.
2. Change preview mode to the setting that works best for your project (please see explanation of what each meant below).
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According to Adobe help docs:
Outlines: Displays only the outlines of the shapes in your scene and causes all lines to appear as thin lines. This makes it easier to reshape your graphic elements and to display complex scenes quickly.
Fast: Turns off anti-aliasing and displays all the colors and line styles of your drawing.
Antialias:Turns on anti-aliasing for lines, shapes, and bitmaps and displays shapes and lines so that their edges appear smoother on the screen. Draws more slowly than the Fast option. Anti-aliasing works best on video cards that provide thousands (16‑bit) or millions (24‑bit) of colors. In 16‑ or 256‑color mode, black lines are smoothed, but colors might look better in Fast mode.
Antialias Text:Smooths the edges of any text. Works best with large font sizes and can be slow with large amounts of text. This is the most common mode in which to work.
Full:Renders all content on the Stage fully. Might slow down display.
Hope this help!
Quynh
Flash Authoring, QA

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