# How to make each section = one part of a bigger canvas/space?

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**Created:** [March 29, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-each-section-one-part-of-a-bigger-canvas-space/320630 "2011-03-29T00:45:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![citydreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac91a4/32.png) [@citydreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/citydreamer)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-each-section-one-part-of-a-bigger-canvas-space/320630/1 "2011-03-29T00:45:35Z")

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Hi all,

I know the title may be confusing. But I’ve seen this effect used several times, and it would work really well for a project I’m working on.

I’m trying to achieve a particular type of navigation.

Basically, my Flash movie will consist of a huge “canvas” or space.  
Each individual section will be a different part of the canvas.  
When you click a navigation button to get to a section, the user’s view smoothly “slides” or shifts towards that assigned part of the canvas.

Example: [http://www.dhky.com/chingandco/](http://www.dhky.com/chingandco/)

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[\*]In the above example, when you click a link, it “slides” to the section. Probably launching an external SWF for each section?  
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I must confess that I am relatively a beginner to ActionScript 2, yet ActionScript 3 is probably what I should be focusing on. If anyone can suggest any resources to learn this stuff, I would really appreciate it. Should I just check out some books on ActionScripting?

Thanks for any help.

Cheers  
Thuan