To do this, right-click on a symbol on your stage, and select Edit in New Window.
Flash Tip: Editing Symbols in a New Window
From Adrien-Luc Sanders, former About.com Guide
If you’d like to be able to edit instances of symbols without constantly drilling down to the symbol’s stage before drilling back up again to the root-level stage, you might want to try a feature of Flash that lets you open your symbol’s editing stage in a separate window, as if it’s its own Flash file.
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