Indent (Textformat.indent Property); Italic (Textformat.italic Property) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

my_txt.wordWrap = true;
my_txt.border = true;
// Assign the text and the TextFormat object to the TextObject:
my_txt.text = textToDisplay;
my_txt.setTextFormat(my_fmt);

indent (TextFormat.indent property)

public indent : Number
An integer that indicates the indentation from the left margin to the first character in the
paragraph. A positive value indicates normal indentation. You can use a negative value, but
the negative indentation only applies if the left margin is greater than 0. To set the margin
greater than 0, use the property or the property of the TextFormat
indent blockIndent
object. The default value is , which indicates that the property is undefined.
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Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6 - The ability to use negative values is available as
of Flash Player 8.
Example
The following example creates a text field and sets the indentation to 10:
this.createTextField("mytext",1,100,100,100,100);
mytext.multiline = true;
mytext.wordWrap = true;
mytext.border = true;
var myformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myformat.indent = 10;
mytext.text = "this is my first test field object text";
mytext.setTextFormat(myformat);
See also
blockIndent (TextFormat.blockIndent property)

italic (TextFormat.italic property)

public italic : Boolean
A Boolean value that indicates whether text in this text format is italicized. The default value
is , which indicates that the property is undefined.
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Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
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