i downloaded flash 8 from this link here CONTENT EXPUNGED i dont know if it is different or anything.

I cant make a new frame that has the same thing that the frame im on has without left click the frame thing and doing all this crap. Is there a way to do this with the keyboard? I asked people on irc they said to use f6 f7 and f8. F6 makes new blank frame f7 empties current frame and f8 doesnt do crap. f5 makes double frame but i want to edit the secound frame without effecting the previous frame.(i suck at grammer)

help

right click on your blank frame or drag how many blank keyframes you want. then right click and click "convert to blank keyframes"
or if you havent got any frames, right click on the timeline and click "insert blank keyframe"

U could look for the key bindings in preferences (or settings...whatever u call it I use am so I'm not sure what the windows termanology is

F6 makes a new keyframe, but it will only be blank if there is nothing on screen. If there is already something there, like a stick, it will turn into a regular keyframe.

So, to solve your 'editing the second frame' problem, you can either press F6 and make a new keyframe that is separate from the last, giving you control without affecting the last frame, or you can press F6 with an F5 frame (FRAME, not KEYFRAME) selected, and it will overwrite it and turn the frame into a keyframe.

F8 isn't for keyframes, it is a shortcut to convert an object into a symbol. You simply select the object you want to convert, press F8, and then you can choose whether you want it to be a graphic, movie clip, or button.

Hope this helped :)