Changing Text Alignment Align Paragraph Text Select the text box you want to change with the Selection tool or select text within the text box with the Text tool.. Set Paragraph Text
Trang 1Similar to other text editing tools or word processing programs, Flash includes features for formatting paragraphs with alignment, margins, and indentation (New !) These features can be accessed through the
Text menu and in the Property Inspector whenever any text box is selected on the Stage Each text box can have its own individual prop-erties assigned to it Alignment governs the position of the text in a text box, margins are the space between the left and right side of the text and the boundaries of the text box, and indentation sets the amount of character spaces before the first line of text in a paragraph begins
Changing Text
Alignment
Align Paragraph Text
Select the text box you want to
change with the Selection tool or
select text within the text box with
the Text tool.
In the Property Inspector in the
Paragraph section, click one of the
following:
◆ Align Left Aligns text to the left
margin
◆ Align Center Text is centered
between the boundaries of the
text box
◆ Align Right Aligns text to the
right margin
◆ Justify Each line of text fills the
width of the text box boundary
The last line aligned to the left
◆ Justify Center (TLF) Justify
with the last line aligned
center (New!)
◆ Justify Right (TLF) Justify
with the last line aligned
right (New!)
◆ Justify All (TLF) Justify all
the lines (New!)
◆ Text Justify (TLF) Distributes
justification between letters or
words (New! ) Click the Text
Justify list arrow, and then
click Word spacing or Letter
spacing.
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Align Right Align Left
Justify Align Center
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Trang 2Set Paragraph Text Margins,
Indents, and Line Spacing
Select the text box you want to
change with the Selection tool.
In the Property Inspector in the
Paragraph section, enter values
for any of the following:
TROUBLE? Options differ
depending on the orientation of
the text box
◆ Indent Indents the first line of
the paragraph
◆ Line Spacing (Classic) or
Leading (TLF) Adjusts the
space between lines of text
◆ Left Margin (Classic) or Start
Margin (TLF) Adjusts the
amount of space between the
left barrier of the text box and
the left side of the paragraph
◆ Right Margin (Classic) or End
Margin (TLF) Adjusts the
amount of space between the
right barrier of the text box and
the right side of the paragraph
◆ Space Before Paragraph (TLF)
Adjusts the amount of space
before a paragraph (New!)
◆ Space After Paragraph (TLF)
Adjusts the amount of space
after a paragraph (New!)
◆ Behavior Specifies the line
type: Single Line, Multiline, or
Multiline No Wrap
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Indentation space affects the first line of text.
Line Spacing
is the space between the lines.
Right margin Left margin
Did You Know?
You can transform text just like other
objects You can scale, rotate, skew,
and flip text boxes to create unique
effects
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Trang 3If 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),
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Trang 4If you work with different languages that read from left to right across the screen, such as Arabic, instead of right to left, such as English, you can change the direction of text to display the language the way it’s supposed to appear (New !) In the Property Inspector for text, you can
use the Direction option to display text from left to right or right to left
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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Trang 5If you work with different languages that read vertically down the screen, such as Japanese, you can change the orientation of text to display the language the way it’s supposed to appear (New !) In the
Property Inspector for text, you can use the Orientation option to dis-play text horizontally or vertically If you need the text to rotate and fol-low the orientation of the line, you can set it to rotate automatically If you’re working with Asian text, you can use the Advanced Paragraph section in the Property Inspector to select options for Mojikumi, Kinsoku Shori Type, and Leading Model
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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Trang 6Create a Vertical Text Block
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