# kirupa.com - Creating a Simple Animation (Flash 8), Page 1

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-simple-animation-flash-8-page-1/360958
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [November 25, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-simple-animation-flash-8-page-1/360958 "2014-11-25T02:19:07Z")
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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-simple-animation-flash-8-page-1/360958/1 "2014-11-25T02:19:10Z")

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If you recall, in the first page, I had you convert your text into a movie clip. It might have seemed like a redundant step, for we were still using the timeline and nothing much looked different.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/simple\_animation4.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/simple_animation4.htm)