[18.3] How do I create and use a SHARED.DIR?

Simple. Just name a file, SHARED.DIR, start the cast off around #500 or so and you're done. (I start at 500, because Director defaults to 1000 castmembers in the window, so if you want to move to your SHARED.DIR members quickly, you can simply drag the scroll box down halfway in your cast window and you're pretty much on target for being in the middle of your shared castmembers.) Now all your Director files can share these castmembers. Director also italicizes your SHARED.DIR members so you know where they start. To add additional items to your SHARED.DIR, all you gotta do is be working in ANY of the movie files (not just the SHARED.DIR), import the file into the cast window somewhere after the italics start (beginning of your SHARED.DIR) and you've added something to the SHARED.DIR. When you save your file, that castmember will be added to the SHARED.DIR file, not the one you're working on.