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Creating Simple Graphics / Text Tool pt. 2

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And you have some additional options here represented by Icons. You can make the Text Selectable so the user can select it. You can Render the Text as HTML and thereby add the CSS Styling to it. You can show a border around the text, and here is your Toggle Superscript, and Superscript and Subscript. You've got some Paragraph Formatting Options, such as Align Left, Center, Align Right, or Full Justify. Then you have some Spacing Options for how you want your Indentation spacing to go, as well as your Line Spacing. You have Margin Settings, and then there are also behaviors: Single Line. I'll go ahead and select this one so we can see those option, or I'll select that block of text. You have your Behavior Single Line, or Multiple Line; there's your Orientation Ð Horizontal, Vertical Left to Right, or Vertical Right to Left Ð interesting effect there. Then additional options, including a very handy URL Link. This is the easiest way to add a link in Flash, just highlight the text and then type a URL here in the Link Text Field, so for example page 1.htm will link to that HTML page, and then the target here, if you're using Frames, you can set a blank target so it'll open up in a new browser, the Parent Frame. Self is the Current Frame, or the top frame in the frame set. So, there you have an overview of using the Text Tool and then modifying Text Properties by using the Properties Inspector. I'll be covering much more about working with Text in Flash later in this Tutorial. Let's now move on to the next Section of the Tutorial: Modifying Graphics. We'll learn how to: use the Point Sub-Selection Tools; how to select objects with the Lasso Tool; how to modify paths with the Pen Tool; how to work with Gradients; and working with the Gradient Transform Tool.

Tutorial Information

Course: Adobe Flash CS4
Author: James Gonzalez
SKU: 33981
ISBN: 1-935320-37-8
Release Date: 2009-04-19
Duration: 11 hrs / 126 lessons
Work Files: Yes
Captions: Available on CD and Online University
Compatibility: Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux
QuickTime 7, Flash 8

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