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252 Lesson 7 Using Text Linking the text boxes Now you’ll arrange several linked text boxes around the graphic elements..  Note: If you simply click on the Stage to define your next li

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The movie clip contains motion tweens of several photographs fading in and

out A movie clip’s animation is independent of the main Timeline and plays

only when you test the movie (Control > Test Movie > in Flash Professional)

4 In the Library panel, drag the contact movie clip symbol from the Library panel

to the Stage Position the contact movie clip instance at X=620 and Y=175.

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252 Lesson 7 Using Text

Linking the text boxes

Now you’ll arrange several linked text boxes around the graphic elements

1 Select the Text tool

2 In the Properties inspector, select TLF Text and Read Only In the Character section, choose Times New Roman for Family, Regular for Style, 14.0 for Size, 20.0 for Leading, and black for Color

3 Click and drag out the first text box that takes up the space above the photo of the bedroom and whose right edge extends to about the middle of the Stage

Don’t worry about being too precise because you can always adjust the size and location of your text box

Your first text box is created

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4 Click on the empty box on the lower-right corner of

your text box

Your cursor changes to an icon of the corner of a text

box ( )

5 Click and drag out your second text box just to the right of the photos movie

clip instance

When you release your mouse cursor, your second text box becomes linked to

the first text box Blue lines that connect the first to the second represent the

linkage

 Note: If you simply

click on the Stage to define your next linked text box, Flash creates a text box that is identical

in size to the previous text box.

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6 Click on the empty box on the lower-right corner of your second text box;

then click and drag out your third text box above the real estate agent contact information

7 Continue creating linked text boxes until you have five boxes that flow around the photo and real estate agent

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Adding content to the linked text boxes

Next, add text to your linked text boxes Begin with the first text box, and as text

reaches the limit of one box, it will automatically flow into the next

1 Open the file 07SampleRealEstateText1.txt from the 07Start folder if it’s not

already open

2 Copy the description of the property

3 Double-click the first text box on the Stage and paste the text

Click on the Stage outside the text boxes to deselect them and view how your

text appears as it wraps around the graphics Adjust the size or location to

finesse the way your text flows from one box to the next

 Note: Treat the

linked text boxes as

if they were a single container As you add, delete, and edit text, the contents reflow to fit You can select all (Edit > Select All), and the contents of all the linked text boxes will be selected.

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Deleting and inserting text boxes

If you need to edit the way the text flows, you can always delete linked text boxes or add new ones, and the linkages between the existing ones will be maintained

1 With the Selection tool, select the second linked text box

2 Press the Delete key on the keyboard

The second linked text box is deleted from the Stage, but the remaining text boxes maintain their linkages The first text box is now linked to the third at the top of the second column Notice that the last text box shows the red cross at its bottom-right corner, indicating overflow text that cannot be displayed

3 Click on the box containing the small arrowhead on the lower-right corner of the first text box

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4 Click and drag out the text box to reestablish the one you just deleted

A new text box is inserted between the existing linked text boxes, and the text

reflows to fill the new container

Breaking and relinking text boxes

You can also break the links between text boxes and create new linkages

1 Click on the box containing the small arrowhead on the lower-right corner of

the first text box ( )

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3 Click on the second text box

The link from the first text box to the second text box is broken Your text now can’t flow out of the first text box

4 Let’s reestablish the link Click on the red box on the lower-right corner of the first text box and move your cursor over the second text box

Your cursor changes to a linked icon ( ), indicating that you can establish a link to the text box that is currently below your cursor

5 Click on the second text box

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The first text box is again linked to the second text box Your text now flows

throughout the five text boxes

Finding the next or Previous Link

Sometimes, if you have

multiple linked text boxes, it

may be confusing to see the

linkages or difficult to select

the boxes in succession You

can right-click/Ctrl-click over

any text box and, if it is linked,

you can choose Find Previous

Link or Find Next Link The

previous or next linked text

box will become selected.

Hyperlinking Text

The description of the property on the realtor site contains references to several

landmarks and destinations of interest in Meridien City You’ll add a hyperlink to

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Adding a hyperlink

1 Double-click the second linked text box on the Stage and select the words

Avalon Green.

2 In the Advanced Character section of the Properties inspector, enter

http://www.avalongreen.org for the Link and choose _blank in the Target

pull-down menu

The selected words in your text box become underlined, indicating that it is hyperlinked

The Web address is a fictional one Be sure to include the protocol http://

before any URL to choose a site on the Web The Target field determines where the Web site loads A _blank Target means that the Web site loads in a blank browser window

 Note: A _self Target

loads the URL in the

same browser window,

taking over your Flash

movie A _top and

_parent Target refers

to the arrangement of

a frameset, and loads

the URL in a particular

frame relative to the

current frame.

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