Need to shift multiple objects across many frames

I don't know if this is even possible, but what I'd like to
do is shift multiple objects, in multiple layers, across multiple
frames. The problem is that I built a complex animation as a movie
symbol within the root movie. It got so complex, however, that I'd
like to just go ahead and make it the main timeline for the root
movie. But when I copy and paste the frames from the symbol back
out into the root timeline, the location is wrong. Everything is in
the correct location relative to each other element, but wrong
relative to the stage. Is there any way to grab everything up in
all of those layers and frames and just shift it all over to where
it's supposed to be? Or can I somehow shift the stage under it?
Thanks in advance.

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thewizzard24 wrote:
> I don't know if this is even possible, but what I'd like
to do is shift
> multiple objects, in multiple layers, across multiple
frames. The problem is
> that I built a complex animation as a movie symbol
within the root movie. It
> got so complex, however, that I'd like to just go ahead
and make it the main
> timeline for the root movie. But when I copy and paste
the frames from the
> symbol back out into the root timeline, the location is
wrong. Everything is in
> the correct location relative to each other element, but
wrong relative to the
> stage. Is there any way to grab everything up in all of
those layers and frames
> and just shift it all over to where it's supposed to be?
Or can I somehow shift
> the stage under it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

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