Using velocity with Flash?

I've never used velocity in a Flash animation before, but am trying to learn about it. As an example, having text move across the screen at a certain speed and then slow down as it nears its destination– that sort of thing. Is there an easy way to implement this? Maybe I'm just not searching for the right terms, but I'm having trouble following the one or two tutorials I have been able to find.

Thanks,
m19

You could simply add some keyframes to slow it down a little.
A more effective way would be to add an actionsript that would more or less calculate the x,y position and adjust speed accordingly.
I would suggest looking for tutorials online for actionscripting. There is also an actionscripting widget for Dashboard that might prove useful.

A user in another forum actually pointed out what I needed: when you select a motion tween, there's an option called "ease" that effects an object's velocity.

m19