MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual page 183

Setting dynamic and input text options
The Property inspector lets you specify options that control how dynamic and input text
appears in the Flash application.
To set options for dynamic and input text:
1.
Click in an existing dynamic text field.
To create a new dynamic text field, see
2. In the Property inspector, make sure Dynamic or Input is displayed in the pop-up menu.
3. Enter an instance name for the text field.
4. Specify the properties the text and text field should have. Specify the following properties:
Select the height, width, and location of text.
Select the font type and style you want to use.
Select Multiline to display the text in multiple lines, Single Line to display the text as
one line, or Multiline No Wrap to display text in multiple lines that break only if the
last character is a breaking character, such as Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
Click the Selectable button to enable users to select dynamic text. Deselect this option
to prevent users from selecting the dynamic text.
Click the Render Text as HTML button to preserve rich text formatting, such as fonts
and hyperlinks, with the appropriate HTML tags. See
formatting" on page
Click the Show Border button to display a black border and white background for the
text field.
(Optional) For Variable, enter the variable name for the text field.
The Variable text box should be used only when authoring content for Flash
Player 6 or earlier.
Select Embed for embedded font outline options.
In the Character Embedding dialog box, click No Characters to specify that no fonts
be embedded, or Specify Ranges to embed font outlines. When Specify Ranges is
selected, you can select one or more options from the list, enter only the characters you
want to embed in the document, or click Auto Fill to embed all of the characters from
the selected text field.
"Creating text" on page
178.
162.
"Preserving rich text
Controlling text with ActionScript 183