Using Type > Creating text boxes for user input or dynamically updating text > Setting input text options
Setting input text optionsYou can specify options for input text to control the way it appears in the Flash movie.
To specify options for input text:
1 | If the Text Options panel isn't already displayed, choose Window > Panels > Text Options. |
2 | Choose Input Text from the Text Type pop-up menu. |
3 | Set any of the following options: |
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From the Line Display pop-up menu, choose Multiline to display the text in multiple lines, Single Line to display the text as one line, or Password to display the text as asterisks to preserve password security. |
Note: Selecting the Password option affects only the display of the text entered by the user. To create password functionality, see ActionScript Help. |
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Select HTML to preserve rich text formatting, such as font, font style, hyperlink, paragraph, and other text parameters, with the appropriate HTML tags. |
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Select Draw Border and Background to display a border and background for the text box. |
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If you selected Multiline above, select Word Wrap to automatically break lines at the end of the text box. |
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For Variable, enter the variable name for the text box. |
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For Maximum Characters, enter the maximum number of characters that the user can enter in the input text box. |
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For Embed Fonts, choose one or more buttons to specify which characters from the font set used in the dynamic text will be embedded. Select the Full Font button (the far left button) to embed the full character set for the font. |
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