Creating an interactive multiple-choice quiz in Adobe Flash CS4

Want to create an interactive drop-down multiple-choice quiz in Adobe Flash? This tutorial shows you how.

Step 1 - Create a new document
a. Choose File > New.
b. In the New Document dialog box, selcet Flash File (ActionScript 2.0) and then Click OK.

Step 2 - Document settings
Right-click on the stage, select Document Properties. The Document Properties dialog box displays the current Stage size setting as 550 × 400 pixels, and the Background color swatch is set to white. You can change the size and color of the Stage as you want.

Step 3 - Import image to the stage
Choose File > Import > Import to Stage, and then select the image you want. You also could click Ctrl+R to import image.

Step 4 - Add the multiple choice question to the Stage
a. Select the Text tool (T).
b. In the Property inspector (Window > Properties), select Static Text type to specify the type of text field, and then input the question " What was Michael's first song to air on MTV? ". You also could set the font size, family and color of the text.

Step 5 - Add ComboBox component
a. Select Window > Components.

b. Double-click ComboBox in the Components panel.
c. Select the component on the Stage, and name the instance name as box in the properties panel.

Step 6 - Add answer options
a. Select Window > Component Inspector. On the Component Inspector, click data, then the Value dialog box appears.

b. Click + to add answer options, and then replace the defaultValue as answer options, here the options are: thriller, billie jean, bad and the way you make me feel. After that, click OK.

c. On the Component Inspector, click labels, then the Value dialog box appears. Please following the same steps above to add the values by adding the + button.

Step 7 - Add submit button
a. Select Window > Common Libraries > Buttons, then the Libraries buttons dialog pop up.
b. Choose a button and drag it to stage.

c. Double-click the button, and then rename the button as Submit. You also could set the size of the button at the Properties panel.

Step 8 - Insert a keyframe and delete the elements on the frame

Step 9 - At keyframe 2, insert a dynamic text box
a. Select the Text tool (T).
b.

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