Setting Text Or Field Cast Member Properties - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

Windows font
Terminal
Times New Roman
Fontmap.txt also determines the scaling of fonts and how special characters such as bullets and
symbols are translated between platforms. Again, the default settings are correct for nearly all
applications, but you can edit the settings if necessary.

Setting text or field cast member properties

Use the Property inspector to view and change settings for selected text cast members. In addition
to standard Name and Unload properties, you can specify whether text is editable while the movie
plays, improve performance with pre-rendering, and control anti-aliasing and kerning.
To view or change text or field cast member properties:
Select a text cast member in the Cast window.
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To display the Property inspector, perform one of the following actions:
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Select Modify > Cast Member > Properties.
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Select Window > Property Inspector.
Click the Member tab, if it's not already selected, using the Graphical view.
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The following noneditable settings appear:
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The cast member size in kilobytes
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The cast member creation and edit dates
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The name of the last person who modified the cast member
To view or edit the cast member name, use the Name field.
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To add comments about the cast member, use the Comments field.
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To specify how Director removes the cast member from memory if memory is low, select an
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option from the Unload pop-up menu. See "Controlling cast member unloading"
on page 152.
To change the text of the cast member, click Edit.
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Click the Property inspector's Text or Field tab using the Graphical view.
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Macintosh font
Monaco
Times (because Times New Roman is larger than Times,
Fontmap.txt assigns a smaller point size.)
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