MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual page 115

To make horizontal text selectable by a user:
Select the horizontal text that you want to make selectable by a user.
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Select Window > Properties.
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In the Property inspector, select Static Text or Dynamic Text (Input Text is selectable
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by default).
Click the Selectable button.
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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 below 10 points.
You can use movie clips to mask text set in device fonts. See
on page 107.
To specify that text be displayed using a device font:
Select text blocks on the Stage containing text that you want to display using a device font.
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Select Window > Properties.
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In the Property inspector, select Static Text from the pop-up menu.
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Select Use Device Fonts.
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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:
Click in an existing dynamic text field.
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To create a new dynamic text field, see
In the Property inspector, make sure Dynamic or Input is displayed in the pop-up menu. Do
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any of the following:
For Instance Name, enter the instance name for the text field.
Lock height, width, and location of text.
Select font type and style.
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.
"About masking device fonts"
"Creating text" on page 108.
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