Flash Animation 17: Controlling Movie Clips With Buttons and ActionScripting

Exit out of the movie clip, but keep the clip selected. In the Properties bar, in the Instance Name field, enter a name for the instance; we'll need that to refer to it in our ActionScripting. I've named mine ShortHat; through my entire animation I've kept up a standard format, using names like HatShort, NoseShort, MouthShort, HatTall, NoseTall for my movie clips and then naming the corresponding instances ShortHat, ShortNose, ShortMouth, TallMouth, TallNose. This lets me keep up a standard naming convention that I can keep track of easily without duplicating names.