Create An Expanding-Width Text Block; Create A Fixed-Width Text Block - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-LEARNING FLASH Manual

Create an expanding-width text block

You can define the size of a text block, or you can use a text block that expands to fit the text you
write. You'll begin this lesson by simply adding text to a document.
Click in a blank area in the workspace to make sure no Timeline frames or objects on the Stage
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are selected.
In the Tools panel, select the Text tool.
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In the text Property inspector, set the following options:
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In the Text Type pop-up menu, select Static text, if it isn't already selected.
For Font, select Arial.
For Font Size, enter 13.
Click the text color box and select the gray with a hexadecimal value of #666666.
Select Align Left, if it isn't already selected.
In the Timeline, select the Static Text layer.
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With the Text tool still selected, click the Stage along the left edge of Text 1 guide, and type
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By typing with the Text tool selected, you create a one-line text block that expands as you type.
An expanding-width one-line static text block has a round handle in the upper right corner.
If necessary, align the text above the Text 1 guide by clicking the Selection tool in the Tools
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panel and dragging the text that you typed to the guide.
Note: Text 1 guide is on a guide layer, which doesn't appear in your SWF file.

Create a fixed-width text block

In addition to creating a line of text that expands as you type, you can create a text block that has
a fixed width. Text that you enter into a fixed-width text block wraps to the next line at the edge
of the block.
You'll now create a static text block with fixed dimensions.
Verify that the Static Text layer is still selected in the Timeline, and use the Selection tool to
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deselect any objects on the Stage or Timeline frames (click in the workspace, away from objects)
In the Tools panel, select the Text tool.
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In the Property inspector, change the text size to 10 points.
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Create a fixed-width text block 79