THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOCUMENT, INSTANCE, AND VIEWER SIZE - Aug 3rd, 2010

If you’re finding it difficult to understand why the space allotted for your slide show on your web page (Viewer Size), the space of the stage your slide show sits on (Document Size), the size of the images that appear on that stage (Instance Size), and the “x” and “y” values next to the instance sizes, you’re not alone. Here, in layperson’s terms is what they all mean: The “Viewer Size” which is the space allotted for your slide show on your web page is determined by the sizes in the <object> on your web page. The “Stage” is the area in a Flash Movie that will become visible in the final published Movie. The Stage can be any size and is represented by a white (or another color if you’ve changed your background color rectangle. Think of it as the area that your slide show sits on. The “Document Size” is the size of that “stage”. If you click in the grey area that surrounds your slide show instance, you’ll see the dimensions of the stage. The” Instance” is the actual slide show that you are creating. If you click inside the instance, you’ll see the dimensions of the slide show that will appear on that stage. The “x” and “y” values indicate where the instance will appear on the stage. That said, here’s a simple approach to make a slide show appear in the size and place you want it on your web page. 1) Set the Viewer size, the Document size and the Instance size to the same dimensions, which should be the dimensions allocated for the show on your web page. 2) Set the “x” and “y” values to zero. 3) If you want to change how your slides fit the space defined on your web page, change the “content scale” parameter. Other content settings will change the alignment of your images, whether there is a frame around your images, etc. Try different settings to see which best fits your needs. This will insure that your stage does not take up more room then you want it to, and that the images will display centered on the stage and in the size defined in the <object> area of your web page. Another one of those “it’s easy when you know how” ideas.

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