Macromedia® Flash™ 8 on Demand

Chapter 5. Working with Text

What You’ll Do

• Create Static Text

• Change Font Type, Size, and Color

• Modify Kerning and Tracking

• Change Text Direction and Orientation

• Change Text Alignment

• Use Break Apart to Modify Characters

• Use Anti-alias Text

• Use Font Mapping

• Set Device Fonts Versus Embedded Fonts

• Create Dynamic Text and Input Text

• Set Dynamic Text and Input Text Options

• Use Cascading Style Sheets with HTML Text

• Check Spelling

• Use Find and Replace

Introduction

In Flash, you can create three types of text: static, dynamic, and input. Static is text that doesn’t change. Dynamic is text that updates, such as stock quotes, weather reports, or sports scores. Input is text entered by a user in forms or surveys. You can create editable text fields for use as static display ...