# Extending "working area"?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extending-working-area/61006>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 14, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extending-working-area/61006 "2004-08-14T20:24:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dunga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Dunga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dunga)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extending-working-area/61006/1 "2004-08-14T20:24:34Z")

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Is it possible to extend the grey area around the stage that you can work in? I have had to work with very large mcs before (such as game levels that are all one mc), and they often go off the side (and yes I do zoom out).

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extending-working-area/61006/2 "2004-08-18T03:19:53Z")

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So… nobody has a clue?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extending-working-area/61006/3 "2004-08-18T05:41:40Z")

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No you can’t;)  
(and if you use very large mc’s, look here [flash limits](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16877))

scotty(-:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extending-working-area/61006/4 "2004-09-01T05:33:59Z")

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Yes I am responding late- I didn’t notice anyone had responded.

Well, darn. Macromedia ought to have fixed it in the latest update, oh well.