I'm working with AS6. The book that i go Anime Studio the Official Guide seems to be for an older version. It has reference to the Timelines Settings dialog box. I cant seem to find this on AS6. any suggestions?
Correct. In ver. 6 the timeline palette will only show channels which have keyframes in them, so there's no timeline setting dialog box. The Preferences dialog box (Edit -> Preferences) includes an option to Consolidate Timeline Channels. This option shows all active channels as a single channel.