# Help! movie clip contents on timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-movie-clip-contents-on-timeline/30135>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-movie-clip-contents-on-timeline/30135 "2003-09-04T09:37:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![snoofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@snoofis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/snoofis)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-movie-clip-contents-on-timeline/30135/1 "2003-09-04T09:37:44Z")

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Hi there,  
I’ve built a flash movie with some movie clips and now realize I actually need the content of one of the clips on the main timeline…

THE QUESTION: is it possible to get all the contents from a movie clip and place on the main timeline without painfully remaking the entire clip???

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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 4, 2003, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-movie-clip-contents-on-timeline/30135/2 "2003-09-04T10:04:41Z")

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that’s possible. how? first, seleclt all the frames in the timeline of the mc you want to copy…then, copy the frames by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+C (or right click and choose “copy frames” from the option menu)… and finally, go to your main timeline, creat a new layer, then, paste the copied frames by pressing CTRL+SHFT+V (or right click then choose “paste frames” from the option menu)… i think that’s it… 😃

leftover: in some intances, converting the properties of that clip into “Graphic” will somewhat solve the problem…