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Text Options Overview

There are many options available on the properties inspector for text. This tutorial basically defines the options.

 
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.
  Static The text you type in the box is the text which will appear in the final movie.
  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.
  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, 
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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