Flash CS3 Classroom In A Book Page 75 question

Question

I'm very new to Flash. I've just completed lesson 2 in
Classroom In A Book and come to the last page (pg. 75) where it
concludes with a neat tip: "To use this animation in other
projects, you can copy all keyframes from the main Timeline and
paste them into a new movie clip symbol, which you can then place
wherever you want to use it."
Neat tip, but I'm such a beginner, I need the step by step
method of how to do what it says. First of all, there are lots of
keyframes in this lesson. Do I shift-select each one of them and
then Edit>Copy to the clipboard and then paste the clipboard
contents into the library somehow? This statement flies right over
the head as the book has not covered copying keyframes or anything
like this so far.
Help from more experienced users is my only hope now.
TIA,
Ken

Answer 1

"To use this animation in other projects, you can copy all
keyframes from the main Timeline and paste them into a new movie
clip symbol, which you can then place wherever you want to use it.
"To use this animation in other projects, you can copy all
keyframes..."
To select the frames you want, left-click on the first frame
you want (and by frame, i mean first key frame...it'll be easier
for you this way) then hold down shift and left-click the last
frame you want (and by frame, i mean either frame or key frame).
you can tell these frames have been selected because they're
highlighted black. Next right click on the last frame you selected
and select Copy Frames.
"...from the main Timeline..."
By main timeline, they mean the timeline you're currently
working on. There's no secondary timelines really unless you're
trying to edit something...but that's another lesson.
"...and paste them into a new movie clip symbol,..."
Alright, after you've copied the frames, go to Insert (it's
in your menu bar), and select New Symbol. Name the symbol and
select Movie Clip. After doing this, it'll take you to the timeline
for the movie clip you've just created. (i guess this could be
considered a secondary timeline since you're editing this new movie
clip by pasting the frames there).
" ...which you can then place wherever you want to use it."
Right-click on the blank keyframe in the timeline, select
Paste Frames. And there you go =)
Also, as a sidenote, if you want your whole animation to be
copied (everything in your main timeline), right click on any frame
(frame or keyframe in the main timeline), select Select All Frames.
They'll all be selected, then just follow the steps starting with
the right-click -> Copy Frames.
Hope this helps =)