Creating Text Cast Members - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual

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Creating text cast members

You can create text within Director or import text from external files.
Creating text in Director
Director provides two ways to create text cast members: directly on the Stage or in the
Text window.
To create text cast members directly on the Stage:
Select the Text tool in the Tool palette.
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Note: The Text tool is available when the Tool palette is in Classic or Default view. When in
Flashcomponent mode, the tool becomes a textInput Flash component.
Drag the text pointer across the Stage and release the mouse button to create a text cast member.
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You can't adjust the height of the text object at this point; the height adjusts automatically
when you add text.
When you release the mouse button, a text insertion point appears in the area you defined.
Enter text.
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The new text cast member appears in the first available position in the current cast, and the
sprite is placed in the first open cell in the current frame in the Score.
To create text cast members in the Text window:
Select Insert > Media Element > Text.
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If the Text window is already open, click the New Cast Member button to create a new text
cast member.
Enter text in the Text window.
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The text you enter appears in the first available cast position, but it is not automatically placed
on the Stage.
To change the width of the cast member, drag the bar at the right edge of the cast member.
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Importing text
You can import text from any application that saves text in rich text format (RTF), in plain text
(ASCII), or from HTML documents. Use the standard importing procedure with File > Import
to import any RTF, ASCII, or HTML document. To import an HTML document from the
Internet, click the Internet button in the Import dialog box (File > Import) and enter a URL in
the File URL text box.
Text and RTF files are always imported and stored inside the movie file, even if you select Link to
External File.
method. For more information about this method, see the Scripting
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