Text Options Overview
There are many options available on the properties inspector for text.
This tutorial basically defines the options.
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| Text Type |
There are 3 types of text you can put in your flash
Depending on the use of the text box you are creating. They are static,
dynamic, and input text. |
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Static |
The text you type in the box is the text which will appear
in the final movie. |
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Dymanic |
The Text displayed in the final movie is determined by a
variable name. If the value of the variable changes, the text displayed will
change to that new value. |
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Input |
The Text final movie will display a text box that you can
type in. The "input-ed text" is then assigned the variable name for which
the text box holds. |
| Font type |
Choose a font from a list of fonts installed on your
operating system. To install a font you will need to add a .ttf file to your
c:/winNT/fonts/ folder or c:/windows/fonts/ folder |
| Size |
The size of your font is determined in point size. Default
sizes range from 8 to 96, although you can type in the value you want if it
is not in that range. |
| Spacing |
Available for static text only. Spacing is the distance
between the letters. A spacing of 0 is the normal spacing for the font. A
negative number indicates closer spacing while a positiive number indicates
letters further apart. |
| Character position |
Character position for the default letter is 0. A positive
value is above the normal, while a negative value is below the normal. This
is not super scripting and subscripts since the size of the letter remains
the same. |
| Auto Kerning |
Available for static text only. The use of auto kerning will
set the character spacing to be at the default spacing for the selected
font. |
| Color |
Sets the color of the font you wont displayed in your final
movie. |
| Bold |
This is an on/off switch to set the relative weight of the
font. When bold is deselected, the character will appear at the normal
weight. |
| Italics |
This is an on/off switch which when turned on will slant the
text to the right. |
| Alignment |
Sets the text box to align right, center, left, or justify. |
| Format Options |
Additional options such as line spacing, indent, left
margins, and right margins can be found here. |
| Width |
The width of the text box. |
| Height |
The height of the text box. |
| X-Position |
The X position is where the text box ishorizontally. If the
text box is on the stage, _x=0 refers to the upper left corner of the stage.
If the text box is in a movie clip, the X-position _x=0 refers to the
registrations point. Positive values are to the right of the _x=0 position.
Negative values are to the left of the _x=0 position |
| Y Position |
The Y position is where the text box is vertically. If the
text box is on the stage, _y=0 refers to the upper left corner of the stage.
If the text box is in a movie clip, the Y-position _y=0 refers to the
registrations point. Positive values are to the below the _y=0 position.
Negative values are to the above the _y=0 position |
| Line Type |
This is available only for Dynamic and input text. The
options include single line text box, multiline text box, No warp,
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| URL |
Place a URL in this box and your text will be hyperlinked to
this URL. |
| Selectable |
This is a on/off switch. Allows users to highlight and copy
text from your text box. |
| Render as HTML |
This is available for dynamic text and input text only. This
is a on/off switch. The text in the text box will be interpreted as HTML and
will display html tags as they were inteneded in HTML. |
| Border |
This is a on/off switch used with dynamic and input text.
When you turn it on a border will appear around your text box and a
background of white behind it. |
| Device Fonts |
Available for static text. Flash will normally embed fonts
which you use in the final movie. If this is checked, the fonts you selected
will not be embedded, and will be displayed as the default font on the
viewers computer. |
| Text Direction |
Available for static text. Horizontal or vertical left to
right or vice versa in vertical mode. |
| Rotation |
You can rotate your text if you have selected a text
direction other then horizontal. |
| Link Target |
You can target a specific window or frame location you want
your hyperlink to show up in. |
| Variable |
Available for Dynamic or Input text only. You can set the
text box to display the value of a variable. |
| Maximum Characters |
Available for Input text only. |
| Character button |
For dynamic and input text only.Allows you to set which
characters will be embedded |
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