adobe flash cs5 on demand part 28 ppt

Unthread Text Boxes Select the Selection tool or the Text tool on the Tools panel.. Select a threaded text box with the Selection tool or click in the threaded text box with the Text too

If you type, paste, or import more text than a TLF text box can hold, an Overflow icon (a tiny red plus sign in a square) appears on the edge of the text box (New!) You can reshape the text box to display the text or create a thread (link) to another text box You can thread overflow text from one text box to a new or existing text box (New!) You can think of the linked text boxes as one, however, each text box still retains it’s own properties If you no longer want to thread two or more text boxes, you can unthread or disconnect them When you unthread text boxes, the text in the text box remains in the first text box (it may still over-flow) When you disconnect text frames, the text in the text frames remains where it is

Linking Text Together

Link Text Boxes Together

Click the Text tool on the Tools

panel

The pointer becomes a crosshair

with a small "T" in the corner

TIMESAVER Press T to quickly

select the Text tool

Click the Text Engine list arrow in

the Property Inspector, and then

click TLF Text.

Click the Stage where you want

your text box to begin and drag

until the box is the size you need

Begin typing in the box that

appears or paste in text from the

Clipboard until it fills the entire

text box

Click the Overflow icon on the

selected text box

The pointer changes to the Loaded

Text cursor

To create a new text box for the

overflow text, click a blank area or

drag to create a text box

To use an existing text box, click in

an existing text box

Overflow text from the first text

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Unthread Text Boxes

Select the Selection tool or the

Text tool on the Tools panel.

Select a threaded text box with

the Selection tool or click in the

threaded text box with the Text

tool

Double-click the In Port or Out

Port icon on the selected object.

Change the Thread Between

Text Boxes

Select the Selection tool or the

Text tool on the Tools panel.

Select a threaded text box with

the Selection tool or click in the

threaded text box with the Text

tool

Click the In Port or Out Port icon

on the selected object

To create a new text frame for the

overflow text, click a blank area or

drag to create a text box

To use an existing text box, click in

an existing text box

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Did You Know?

You can delete a linked text box.

Select the text box with the Selection

tool, and then press Delete The text in

the deleted text box is moved back to

the remaining text box thread

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Flash includes a number of text properties to choose from These include a font type, style, size, and color You can set these attributes before you create a text box or alter them on existing text To make changes to the entire text box, select it with the Selection tool without entering the box (or making it active) If you only want to change a por-tion of the box, enter the text box and select only those characters or words you want to change Attributes such as font type, style, size, and color as well as more advanced text properties can be easily accessed

in the Property Inspector When the Text tool or any text box is selected, the Property Inspector displays all of the available attributes

Changing Font Type,

Style, Size, and Color

Change the Font Type, Style,

and Size

Select the text box you want to

change with the Selection tool or

select text within the text box with

the Text tool.

Click the Family list arrow in the

Property Inspector, and then

select a font name

The Family menu displays the font

name and sample text for each

font style to make it easier to

decide what font you want to use

Click the Style list arrow in the

Property Inspector, and then

select a font style: Regular, Italic,

Bold, or Bold Italic.

Click the current point value in the

Property Inspector, and then enter

another point value in the Size

entry box

Click any of the following format

buttons in the Property Inspector:

◆ Subscript or Superscript.

◆ Underline (TLF) ( New!)

◆ Strikethrough (TLF) ( New!)

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Change the Font or Highlight

Color

Select the text box you want to

change with the Selection tool, or

select text within the text box with

the Text tool.

Click the Color box in the Property

Inspector, and then select a fill

color or click the Color Wheel icon

to create or select a custom color

Click the Highlight box (TLF)

(New!) in the Property Inspector,

and then select a fill color or click

the Color Wheel icon to create or

select a custom color

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See Also

See “Setting Text Preferences” on

page 62 for information on setting

options for showing font previews on

font menus

Did You Know?

You can change the text color in any

of the color palettes Change the fill

color of any selected text box by

click-ing on any of the color palettes They

are located in the Tools panel, the

Color Mixer panel, and the Color

Swatches panel

You can change the font type, size, and

style in the Text menu Click the Text

menu, point to Font, Size, or Style, and

then select an option

You can quickly select all text in a

text box If you are inside an active

text box, press A+A (Mac) or Ctrl+A

(Win) to select all of the text

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Sometimes the space between text characters can appear awkward or where increasing the space is a creative solution Flash provides

meth-ods for adjusting these spaces, called kerning and tracking Tracking is

the space between characters and words on a single line and adjusting

tracking affects the entire line Kerning deals with the space between

any two characters and adjusting it will only affect that space Many Fonts contain built-in information about problematic character pairs

Flash makes use of this information when you turn on Auto Kern in the Property Inspector

Modifying Tracking

and Kerning

Adjust Tracking

Select the text in a text box you

want to track or you can select the

text box with the Selection tool.

Click the Text menu, point to Letter

Spacing, and then click Increase

or Decrease.

The Tracking increases or

decreases in 0.5-point (Classic) or

10 in 1000ths of an em (TLF)

increments

TIMESAVER You can adjust

tracking in the Property Inspector

with the Letter Spacing (Classic)

or Tracking (TLF) (New!) entry box

or slider

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Decreased tracking

Letter Spacing Entry

Did You Know?

You can quickly adjust kerning or

tracking using the keyboard Select

the text or text box (to track) or place

the cursor between two characters,

and then press Option+A+right arrow

(Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+right arrow (Win) to

increase the space or Option+A+left

arrow (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+left arrow

(Win) to decrease the space Holding

down the Shift key with this keyboard

shortcut adjusts the space in larger

increments

Adjust Kerning

Enter a text box on the Stage by

double-clicking on it

Place the cursor between the two

characters you want to kern

Click the Text menu, point to Letter

Spacing, and then click Increase

or Decrease.

Set Auto Kerning

Select the text box you want to

change with the Selection tool.

Select the Auto Kern check box

(Classic) in the Property Inspector

or click the Kerning list arrow

(TLF), and then click Auto ( New!)

Auto kern is enabled for that text

box

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The Kerning increases or decreases in 0.5-point increments.

Auto Kerning can correct problematic character combinations.

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