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Text and Fonts
Text Layout Framework text engine The new TLF text engine provides significantly improved control over text properties and flow. For more information, see Working with Text Layout Framework (TLF) text, and this TLF video tutorial.
Font Embedding Dialog Font embedding is now FLA file based instead of text object based. The new Font Embedding dialog box provides quick access to all font embedding functions. For more information, see Embed fonts for consistent text appearance.

Video
FLVPlayback live preview on Stage The ActionScript 3.0 versions of the FLVPlayback components now allow you to preview the entire linked video file on the Stage.
Video cue points usability Video cue points are now much easier to add to videos in Flash. For more information, see Working with video cue points, and this Cue
Points video tutorial.
New skins for FLVPlayback component New skins have been provided for the FLVPlayback components to enable a wider variety of design styles in your Flash projects.

Art and animation
Edit with Photoshop CS5 You can now perform round-trip editing of bitmap graphics in Photoshop CS5. For more information, see Edit a bitmap in an external editor.
New Decorative Drawing tool effects Several new effects have been added to the Decorative Drawing tool. For more information, see Drawing patterns with the Decorative drawing tool.
Spring properties for IK bones New properties have been added to IK bones that enable realistic physics effects in bone animation. For more information, see Add Springiness to bones.

ActionScript and JavaScript
Code Snippets panel The Code Snippets panel allows non-programmers to apply ActionScript
3.0 code for common interactions without learning ActionScript. For more information, see Add interactivity with code snippets.
Code hinting for custom classes Code completion, or code hinting, is now enabled for custom ActionScript 3.0 classes in addition to the built-in classes. For more information, see
Code hinting for custom classes.
Auto close-bracket insertion Now when you type an open bracket { in the Actions panel or Script window, Flash automatically adds the corresponding close bracket }. This saves time writing code and debugging.
Enhanced Flash Pro – Flash Builder workflows New workflows between Flash Professionsal CS5 and Flash Builder 4 have been enabled to allow the 2 products to be used together more easily. For more information, see Editing and debugging ActionScript with Flash Professional and Flash Builder, and this video tutorial.
Motion Object JSAPIs Several new JavaScript APIs have been added for manipulating motion tweens in the Flash Professional CS5 authoring environment. For more information, see Extending Flash Professional CS5.

Working with files
XFL file format Flash FLA files now contain a new internal format called XFL. This new format is based on XML. For most users this change is invisible. However, the new format enables better exchange of
data with other Adobe applications, and allows you to optionally work in uncompressed XFL format, described below.
Uncompressed XFL file format The uncompressed XFL file format allows you to see each of the separate parts, or sub-files, that make up a Flash file. This enables working in team environments with source control systems. For more information,
see Working with uncompressed XFL files.
FXG file format The FXG file format allows Flash to exchange graphics with other Adobe applications with full fidelity. For more information, see Importing FXG files and FXG graphic interchange format.
SWF Size History The Document Property inspector now displays the size of all SWF files generated during Test Movie, Publish, and Debug Movie operations.
New templates Flash Professional CS5 includes a range of new templates that make it easier to create common types of projects in Flash. The templates appear in the Welcome screen and the New Document dialog box.

Other improvements
AIR for iOS support Flash Professional CS5 includes support for AIR for iOS.This allows Flash files to be deployed as iOS applications that run on the Apple iPhone or iPad. For more information, see Packaging applications for AIR for iOS.
Reorganized AIR Publish Settings UI The AIR Application & Installer Settings dialog box has been reorganized for simpler, easier access to the many settings required when publishing for Adobe AIR. For more information, see Publishing for Adobe AIR.
Community Help Community Help is an integrated environment on adobe.com that gives you access to community-generated content moderated by Adobe and industry experts. Comments and ratings from users help guide you to an answer. Search Community Help to find the best content on the web about Adobe products and technologies. For more information, see Using Community Help or Help
and Support.
CS Live services In Flash Professional CS5, you can connect to CS Live services from within the Flash authoring environment. CS Live includes web services such as Acrobat.com, BrowserLab, Live Review, and more. For detailed information about CS Live services, see About CS Live.

Deprecated Features
The following features have been removed:
Screens Screen-based Flash documents can no longer be opened or created in Flash Professional CS5. All JavaScript API’s related to screens have been removed. To work with Screen-based documents, use a previous version of Flash.
Version Cue To work with a common set of files in a collaborative environment, please use a 3rd party source control solution.
Data Binding components The ActionScript 2.0 Data components have been removed from the Components panel.
Outdated file formats Flash Professional CS5 can no longer import FreeHand, PICT,
PNTG, SGI, and TGA files. Flash no longer exports EMF files, WMF files, WFM image sequences, BMP sequences, or TGA sequences.
Save and Compact Because the new default FLA file format contains XFL formatted data, the Save and Compact command is unnecessary.

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