Change Static Text To Dynamic Text For Accessibility; Control The Tab Order And Reading Order - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-LEARNING FLASH Manual

On the Stage, click the car, which is the safety_mc movie clip instance.
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In the Accessibility panel, deselect Make Child Objects Accessible. In the Name text box, enter
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Trio ZX2004 animation. In the Description text box, enter Animation that includes three
views of the Trio ZX2004.

Change static text to dynamic text for accessibility

Static text is accessible to screen readers. However, you cannot provide static text with an instance
name, which is required to control the tab order and reading order. You'll change the overview
text paragraph to dynamic text and specify accessibility options.
On the Stage, select the text that begins "The TRIO ZX2004 provides the ultimate in
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efficiency ..."
The Accessibility panel changes to indicate that you cannot apply accessibility features to
this selection.
In the Property inspector, select Dynamic Text from the Text Type pop-up menu.
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Accessibility settings now appear in the Accessibility panel.
In the Instance name text box, enter an instance name of text9_txt.
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Note: To specify a tab order and reading order, which you'll do next, you must provide an instance
name for all instances. The instance name must be unique in your document.

Control the tab order and reading order

You can create a tab order that determines the order in which objects receive focus when the users
press the Tab key. You can also control the order in which a screen reader reads information about
the object (known as the reading order). You can create both the tab and reading order using the
property in ActionScript (In ActionScript, the
tabIndex
the reading order). If you have Flash MX Professional 2004, you can use the Accessibility panel
to specify the tab order, but the tab index that you assign does not necessarily control the
reading order.
To create a reading order, you must assign a tab index to every instance in ActionScript.
If you have Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004, creating a tab order is as easy as entering a
number in the Tab Index text box. You can then view the tab order directly on the Stage.
To create a tab order in this lesson, use one of the following procedures. To create a reading order
along with a tab order, follow the procedure to control the tab order and reading order using
ActionScript.
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property is synonymous with
tabIndex