In the Property Inspector for text, you can use the Container and Flow section to spec-ify the number of columns, the gutter size between the columns, the padding size between the text a
Trang 1If you want to create columns for a more newspaper style for your text, you can create columns in a TLF text box (New !) In the Property Inspector for text, you can use the Container and Flow section to spec-ify the number of columns, the gutter size between the columns, the padding size between the text and the border edge, the maximum num-ber of characters, and the alignment to display the text the way you want In addition, you can select a border and background fill color If you want to offset the first line of text, you can specify the distance you want
Creating Text Columns
Create Text Columns
Select the TLF text box you want to
change with the Selection tool or
select text within the TLF text box
with the Text tool.
Click the Columns box in the
Property Inspector in the
Container and Flow section,
specify the number of columns you
want
In the Property Inspector in the
Container and Flow section
(New !), specify any of the
following:
◆ Alignment Click the Align Top,
Align Center, Align Bottom, or
Justify button.
◆ Max Chars Specify the
maximum number of characters
allowed in the text box
◆ Gutter Specify a gutter width in
pixels
◆ Padding Specify a Left, Right,
Top, and Bottom padding width
in pixels
◆ Border and Background Color
Click the Border or Background
color swatch, and then select a
color
◆ 1st Line Offset Click the 1st
Line Offset list arrow, and then
select an option: pt (specify a
height in points), Auto (default),
Ascent, or Line Height.
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If the Direction option is not available, you need to select the Show Right-to-Left Options on the Options menu in the Property Inspector or
in Text Preferences
Changing Text
Direction
Change Text Direction
Select the TLF text box you want to
change with the Selection tool or
select text within the TLF text box
with the Text tool.
To show language related options
(New !), click the Options button,
and then click Show Right-to-Left
Options to select it with a check
mark
To change the direction (New !),
click the Direction list arrow, and
then click Left to Right or Right to
Left.
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Did You Know?
You can always show right-to-left
options Select the Show Right-To-Left
Text Options check box in the Text
Preferences dialog box
You can make right to left text flow the
default Select the Right To Left Text
Flow check box in the Text Preferences
dialog box
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Changing Text
Orientation
Change Text Orientation
Select the TLF text box you want to
change with the Selection tool or
select text within the TLF text box
with the Text tool.
To change the orientation, click
the Orientation button in the
Property Inspector, and then click
Horizontal or Vertical.
To show language related options,
click the Options button, and then
click Show Asian Options to
select it with a check mark
To change Asian text options,
specify any of the following in the
Advanced Paragraph section:
◆ Mojikumi Select Auto, Space,
or East Asian.
◆ Kinsoku Shori Type Select
Auto, Prioritize Least
Adjustment, Push In Kinsoku,
or Push Out Only.
◆ Leading Model Select Auto,
Roman Up, Ideographic Top Up,
Center Up, Top Down, Center
Down, or Ascent Descent Up.
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Did You Know?
You can always show right-to-left
options Select the Show Asian Text
Options check box in the Text
Preferences dialog box
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Select the Classic text box you
want to change with the Selection
tool or select text within the
Classic text box with the Text tool.
Click the Change Orientation
button in the Property Inspector,
and then click Vertical, or Vertical,
Left To Right.
When you're finished, click
anywhere on the Stage outside the
text box
Rotate Characters in a Text Box
Select a character or word in a
text box or select the text box with
the Selection tool.
In the Property Inspector, click the
Rotate Text button (Classic),
enabled only for vertical text
boxes, or click the Rotation
list arrow (TLF) (New !), and then
click Auto, 0°, or 270°.
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Vertical, Left to Right Orientation
Did You Know?
You can also rotate a text box with the
Free Transform tool Click the Free
Transform tool, point to the outside
edge of a corner (pointer changes to
an arced arrow) , and then drag
Text rotates 90 degrees
Did You Know?
You can make vertical text the default
orientation Select the Default Text
Orientation check box in the Text
Preferences dialog box This can be
useful when working in some Asian
languages
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Vertical, Right to Left Orientation
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a graphic, to create a new look from the mix of color pixels
Changing Advanced
Text Options
Change Advanced Character
Options
Select the TLF text box you want to
change with the Selection tool or
select text within the TLF text box
with the Text tool.
In the Advanced Character section
of the Property Inspector (New !),
specify any of the following:
◆ Case Changes the text to upper
or lower case, or caps
◆ Digit Case Changes the text to
settings specified by the font
designer
◆ Digit Width Changes the text
to proportional or tabular
widths
◆ Dominant Baseline Changes
the multiple language text to a
common baseline
◆ Alignment Baseline Changes
the baseline alignment for
multiple language text
◆ Ligatures Changes the running
together of letters, such as
“Th.”
◆ Break Specifies the use of line
breaks
◆ Baseline Shift Specifies the
shift in the baseline in points
(pt) or percentage (%) You can
also select Superscript or
Subscript for standard shifts.
◆ Locale Specifies the user’s
language and region
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Select the TLF text box you want to
change with the Selection tool.
In the Display and Color Effect
sections of the Property Inspector
(New !), specify any of the
following:
◆ Display Click the Blending list
arrow, and then select a
blending effect
◆ Normal Removes the
current blending effect
With that in mind, the modes
that produce the most stunning
results are Multiply, Screen,
Hard Light, and Difference
◆ Color Effect Click the Style list
arrow, and then select a color
effect
◆ None Removes the current
color effect
◆ Brightness Specifies the
lightness/darkness of the
text
◆ Tint Specifies the blending
of a color and white (which
increases lightness) for the
text
◆ Advanced Specifies the
blending of a color and an
alpha blend for the text
◆ Alpha Specifies the
blending of two colors
(allowing for transparency)
for the text
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Loading an External Text File
If you have a body of text that may change over time, you can use the ActionScript command LoadVars to load a text file (.txt) To load the text file headlines.txt (which contains headlines=”sample text”) into the headlines dynamic text box (instance is headlines_text and var is news_lv) using the LoadVars object, you can use a similar script:
var news_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
news_lv.load(“c:/yourfolderlocation/headlines.txt”);
news_lv.onLoad = function () { headlines_txt.text = news_lv.headlines;
}
For Your Information
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