# Instances/Copies

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instances-copies/254746>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 14, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instances-copies/254746 "2008-03-14T19:55:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adrianpyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@Adrianpyro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Adrianpyro)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instances-copies/254746/1 "2008-03-14T19:55:56Z")

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Hi guys, I think I have a very easy question to answer but I am stumped.

I have nice little buttons with images on my flash page, and I want to make a bunch of them but only change the base image, I’m getting a little tired of creating new layers and actionscript for each one, but everytime I copy and paste it, any changes made to the new one’s image also changes the first one’s image.

How do I copy and paste a symbol and have it free to edit?