MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-EXTENDING FLASH Manual page 462

textAttrs.leftMargin
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
textAttrs.leftMargin
Description
Property; an integer that specifies the paragraph's left margin. Acceptable values are 0
through 720.
Example
The following example sets the property of the selected text field from the
leftMargin
character at index 2 up to, but not including, the character at index 8 to 100. This can affect
characters outside the specified range if they are in the same paragraph.
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].setTextAttr("leftMargin", 100, 2, 8);
textAttrs.letterSpacing
Availability
Flash 8.
Usage
textAttrs.letterSpacing
Description
Property; an integer that represents the space between characters. Acceptable values are -60
through 60.
This property applies only to static text; it generates a warning if used with other text types.
Example
The following code selects the characters from index 0 up to but not including index 10 and
sets the character spacing to 60:
fl.getDocumentDOM().setTextSelection(0, 10);
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementTextAttr("letterSpacing", 60);
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