Question

Graphics symbol are reusable static images that are used mainly

to create animations. It is best to create symbols for everything that you

put on the stage.​

Answer 1

A symbol is a graphic, button, or movie clip that you create once in the Animate (formerly Flash Professional CC) authoring environment or by using the SimpleButton (AS 3.0) and MovieClip classes. You can then reuse the symbol throughout your document or in other documents.