Scaling symbols in Flash

I'm using Flash Pro 8 and I'm wanting to animate the scaling
of a symbol from small to large within the movie. I created the
graphic (logo) in Photoshop and imported the file as a .psd
(transparent background) and it sits within the movie as a symbol.
I'm wanting to do both a transparency and a scale to it. The
transparency part is done but I can't seem to figure out how to
animate the size of it. Is this possible? Thanks in advance!

also - you have to realize it has only been a few minutes
since your first post - be a little
patient - this is a very busy forum and your question can be
found in the help docs (F1).
my video tutorial pertains to text but substitute that for
your image - you can see i simply use the
Free Transform tool to scale stuff.
Chris Georgenes / mudbubble.com / keyframer.com / Adobe
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