Copying a symbol -- create new symbols?

Alright, so say I have a movie clip, whose name is "A". This
clip contains a graphic, named "B". Now, there are two things I
want to do: the first is copy the movie clip as a new symbol and
then edit the graphic in this new symbol. Ok, so I do that special
"Copy to new instance" or whatever feature (the name escapes me)
and it will now paste a movie clip called "A copy" or some name
like that. However, this symbol "A copy" will still contain the
graphic "B", and so I won't be able to edit "B" for only "A copy".
The "B" in both A and "A copy" will change.
So I ask, is there a copy function that will create a new
symbol for A and also create new symbols for all the objects inside
A? (i.e. in the example this copy function would give me a movie
clip called "A copy" containing a graphic called "B copy)

in addition to david - duplicate A and B - then you can edit
either one without effecting the originals.
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cool cow wrote:
> Alright, so say I have a movie clip, whose name is "A".
This clip contains a
> graphic, named "B". Now, there are two things I want to
do: the first is copy
> the movie clip as a new symbol and then edit the graphic
in this new symbol.
> Ok, so I do that special "Copy to new instance" or
whatever feature (the name
> escapes me) and it will now paste a movie clip called "A
copy" or some name
> like that. However, this symbol "A copy" will still
contain the graphic "B",
> and so I won't be able to edit "B" for only "A copy".
The "B" in both A and "A
> copy" will change.
>
> So I ask, is there a copy function that will create a
new symbol for A and
> also create new symbols for all the objects inside A?
(i.e. in the example this
> copy function would give me a movie clip called "A copy"
containing a graphic
> called "B copy)
>

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