# Chasing the answers: Vol 1

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chasing-the-answers-vol-1/68830
**Category:** random
**Created:** [October 29, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chasing-the-answers-vol-1/68830 "2004-10-29T10:33:57Z")
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### Author: ![trafffic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/trafffic/32/663_2.png) [@trafffic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trafffic)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chasing-the-answers-vol-1/68830/1 "2004-10-29T10:33:57Z")

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As a newbie, I am blown away by the talent that is floating around this forum. As someone who really just stumbles through life compared to some of you guys, I want to start asking questions that you might all take for granted, but I can not find answers to.

Here goes: Coming from a print background, the feature set of Flash is mind-blowing. There also seems to be a number of ways of doing the same thing in many cases. What would be the top 3 'Can’t live without’em" functions of Flash for a newbie to learn? Like TellTarget, or layers and loading movies …

Hopefully someone out there gets the drift of the question. Thanks.