You can press the 'V' key on the keyboard or click the icon with your mouse.

Draw a box around it to select it. Don't touch any other objects or you will select them too.

1. Give it a Name
2. Select MovieClip as the Type
3. Click OK

The other options are only needed for more advanced work.

If you did everything right it should appear in your library like this

24fps is the default. FPS stands for frames per second. 24 is the number of frames in a movie that show per second and is why Flash defaults to it. This framerate is a goal and if the computer can't draw that fast (only might be true for complex animations) then the actual rate will be slower.

The basic formula is
time(seconds) * framerate = total frames
If you want your animation to last 2 seconds with 24fps then you would use
2 * f24 = 48 total frames

1. Right click on the frame in the TImeline you calculated in the previous step
2. Then choose Insert Frame

1. Right click on any frame inbetween the first and last frames
2. Select 'Create Motion Tween'

It is important that you first create a Frame, then creae the Motion Tween, then add Keyframes. If not, your animation may not work properly. Adding Keyframes is shown in the next step.

For a basic animation you can just

1. Right-Click on the final frame
2. Select Insert Keyframe > All

You can create multiple keyframes inbetween the first and last frames for more complex animation.

Unless you want a very specific kind of movement, choose All for what you are animating.

If your keyframe is inserted there should now be a small black circle in the frame where you added the keyframe.

In order to animat your object it needs to be different from the first frame to your keyframe.
The basic method is

1. Make sure that the Playhead is over the frame where you want to make the change.
2. Move, Rotate, Scale etc your object in the way you want it to change.
3. When you move it you should see a dotted line showing you the trajectory (path) the object will take during the animation.

1. Click the red cursor and move it left and right
2. Your animation should move as well.

ALTERNATIVE
You can also use the period (.) to move the animation forward one frame each time you press the key and
use comma (,) to move the animation one frame backward each time you press the key

Click on or just above the first frame

1. Select Control > Play to play the movie.
2. If you want the playback to loop then first select Control > Loop Playback, before you play it.

If your animation is looping then it will keep looking until you select Control>Stop.

You can edit the animation after you create it.

1. Make sure the playhead is over the keyframe you want to edit
2. Move, rotate etc to change the animation in the way you want.