Using Type > Creating text

Creating text

To place text blocks on the Stage, you use the Text tool. You can place type on a single line that expands as you type or in a fixed-width block that wraps words automatically. Flash displays a round handle at the upper right corner of text blocks that extend, and a square handle for text blocks with a defined width.

Flash displays a square handle at the bottom right corner of editable text boxes, indicating that you can size the text box vertically and horizontally according to the amount of text to be entered.

To create text:

1 Select the Text tool.
2 Choose Window > Panels > Character and Window > Panels > Paragraph to view the Character and Paragraph panels, and select type attributes as described in Setting type attributes.
3 Do one of the following:
To create a text block that widens as you type, click where you want the type to start.
To create a text block with a fixed width, position the pointer where you want the text to start and drag to the desired width.

Note: If you create a text block that extends past the right or bottom edge of the Stage as you type, the text isn't lost. To make the handle accessible again, add line breaks, move the text block, or choose View > Work Area.

To change the dimensions of a text block:

Drag its resize handle.

To switch a text block between fixed-width and extending:

Double-click the resize handle.