With this book, readers will follow and work with the box through a "day in the life" style journey. They'll study, use, abuse, and transform the box as they step through exercises that teach them the basics of Flash in a reader- centric, task-oriented fashion. They'll learn to animate, work with video, load external assets, draw, mask, modularize, and many other things that will be essential as they move into more advanced techniques with other books. The basics of Flash will be revealed through tasks. Written in a fun, engaging and conversational tone, this book is all about getting excited and learning about Flash.