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P Note: The download speeds listed for DSL, T1, and the other preset options represent Adobe’s estimate of those standard Internet connections. You should determine the actual speed of your Internet provider. You can customize the options and their speeds by choosing View > Download Settings > Customize. 2 Choose View > Simulate Download. Flash simulates playback over the Web at the given Bandwidth setting (DSL). A green horizontal bar at the top of the window indicates which frames have been downloaded, and the triangular playhead marks the current frame that plays. Notice that there is a slight delay at frame 1 while the data downloads. Anytime a gray data bar exceeds the red horizontal line (the one marked 1.1 KB), there will be a slight delay in the playback of your movie. Once sufficient data has downloaded, the movie plays, though you may still see some pauses when the playhead catches up to the downloaded portions. 3 Choose View > Download Settings > T1. T1 is a much faster broadband connection than DSL, which simulates download speeds of 131.2 kilobytes per second. 4 Choose View > Simulate Download. Flash simulates playback over the Web at the faster speed. Notice that the delay at the beginning is very brief, and the movie plays almost seamlessly as the movie downloads quick enough so the playhead never catches up. 5 Close the preview window. adding metadata Metadata is information about data. Metadata describes your Flash file so other developers with whom you share your FLA can see details that you want them to know, or a search engine on the Web can find and share your movie. Metadata includes a document’s title, a description, keywords, the date the file was created, and any other information about the document. You can add metadata to a Flash document, and that metadata is embedded in the file. Metadata makes it easier for other applications and Web search engines to catalog your movie. 378 Lesson 10 Publishing Flash Documents