Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Using the Text Tool

Chapter 3

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Figure 3.1 Select the text tool in the

Tools panel to start creating text fi elds

on the Stage.

Figure 3.2 The text-tool pointer.

Figure 3.3 Click the Stage with the text

tool to create a text fi eld. The round resize

handle indicates that the text fi eld does

not have word wrap turned on.

Figure 3.4 As you type, the text fi eld grows

horizontally to accommodate your text. The text

doesn’t wrap.

Using the Text Tool

 e text tool creates blocks of editable text.

You can set the text to read horizontally or

vertically. You can also apply a variety of

text attributes to text—including text and

paragraph styles.

To create