Editing Text; Checking Spelling - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

In the URL text box, enter the URL where the SWF file that contains the font symbol will be
5.
posted.
Click OK.
6.
To use the font in a Flash application, copy the font symbol into the destination FLA file. For
more information, see

Editing text

You can use most common word-processing techniques to edit text in Flash. You use the Cut,
Copy, and Paste commands to move text in a Flash file as well as between Flash and other
applications.
When editing text or changing text attributes, you must first select the characters you want
to change.
To select characters in a text block:
Select the Text tool.
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Do one of the following:
2.
Drag to select characters.
Double-click to select a word.
Click to specify the beginning of the selection and Shift-click to specify the end of
the selection.
Press Control+A (Windows) or Command+A (Macintosh) to select all the text in the block.
To select text blocks:
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Select the Selection tool and click a text block. Shift-click to select multiple text blocks.

Checking spelling

The Check Spelling feature enables you to check spelling in text throughout your
Flash document.
You can use Spelling Setup to select a variety of options for spell checking:
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Select document options to specify which elements in a Flash document are to be checked,
including text fields, scene and layer names, frame labels and comments, and others.
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Select one or more built-in dictionaries to use when checking spelling.
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Create a personal dictionary with words and phrases you add yourself.
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Select checking options to specify ways to handle specific word and character types, such as
nonalphabetic words or Internet addresses, when spell checking.
When the Check Spelling feature identifies a word not found in the specified dictionary or
dictionaries, you can select how to handle the word:
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Change the identified word or all occurrences of the word.
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Select a suggested word to use in changing the identified word.
"Copying library assets between documents" on page 68.

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