Flash Tip: Mute Sounds

I'll be honest--there are times, when I'm working on these lessons, that I want to tear my hair out. The sounds effects or background music that I chose seemed fun or even charming at the time, but after hearing them ninety or more times while scrubbing my timeline to tweak fine details, they're just plain maddening--and they tend to drown out the music I listen to while I work.

Of course, I'm terribly absentminded. If I'd had any sense at all, I'd have remembered to flip a simple option and just mute Flash's sounds.