1. Create new file.
2. Display the Rulers
View > Rulers
3. Drag the horizontal & vertical guide lines
to get the center.
View > Guides > Lock Guides
4. Type the text. Select it with Arrow Tool.
Insert > Convert to Symbol
Name the symbol.
Symbol makes the work easy. You will find the cross
mark at the center of the text.
5. Keep the Arrow Tool on the cross mark and drag
the text to the center of the stage. Align exactly at the center.

Insert key frame at 10 and 20.
6. Click Scale icon on the standard tool bar (marked
with green)

7. Select 1 st frame. Compress the text with the scale
command.
8. Select 20 th frame. Again compress the text.
Create motion tween between 1 to 10 and 10 to 20.

9. Create second layer. Add blank key frame at 20.
Drag the symbol at the center.
Modify > Transform > Flip Horizontal

10. Insert key frame at 30 and 40.
11. Select 20 th frame. Compress the text with the
scale command.
12. Select 40 th frame. Again compress the text.
Create motion tween between 20 to 30 and 30 to 40.

13. Save the file
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