Originally Posted by Iceman

Well, it's got a full programming language inside it, you can do just about anything. Anything from games to web sites to presentations and multimedia for touch screens etc. If you're going to use it just for animation you're wasting about 90% of what it's capable of.

Read the tutorials and search for more. Once you get the basics, start learning ActionScript. A good place to start is www.actionscript.org. If you don't know AS you're missing out on a lot Flash has to offer.

Ice