MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual page 172

To upgrade Flash 7 content to use the Advanced or Custom Anti-Alias options:
1. Open a FLA file created for use with Flash 7 or earlier.
2.
Open the Publish Settings dialog box (File > Publish Settings), and select Flash Player 8
from the Version pop-up menu.
3. Select the text field to which you want to apply the Anti-Alias for Readability or Custom
Anti-Alias option.
4. In the Property inspector, select Anti-Alias for Readability or Custom Anti-Alias from the
Font Rendering Method pop-up menu.
Making text selectable by users
When working with static horizontal text, you can specify that fonts be selectable by users
viewing your Flash application. After selecting text, the user can copy, cut, and then paste the
text into a new document.
To make horizontal text selectable by a user:
1.
Select the horizontal text that you want to make selectable by a user.
2.
Select Window > Properties.
3. In the Property inspector, select Static Text or Dynamic Text (Input Text is selectable
by default).
4.
Click the Selectable button.
Using device fonts (static horizontal text only)
When you create static text, you can specify that Flash Player use device fonts to display
certain text blocks. Using device fonts can decrease the file size of your document, because the
document does not contain font outlines for the text. Using device fonts can also increase
legibility at text sizes lower than 10 points.
You can use movie clips to mask text set in device fonts. See
on page 161.
To specify that text be displayed using a device font:
1. Select text blocks on the Stage containing text that you want to display using a device font.
2. Select Window > Properties.
3.
In the Property inspector, select Static Text from the pop-up menu.
4.
Select Use Device Fonts.
172 Working with Text
"About masking device fonts"