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Edit Personal Dictionary
Adds words and phrases to your personal dictionary. In the Personal Dictionary dialog box,
enter each new item on a separate line in the text field.
Checking Options
Use these options to control how Flash handles specific types of words and characters when
checking spelling.
Embed and share fonts
You can embed a font in your SWF file so that the font does not need to be present on the devices the SWF file
eventually plays back on. To embed a font, create a font library item.
Creating a font library item also allows you to use the font as a shared library item for sharing among multiple SWF
files. You must also assign the font item a linkage identifier string and a URL where the document that contains the
font symbol will be posted. In this way, you can link to the font and use it in a Flash application. When you use font
symbols for dynamic or input text, embed the font outline information.
After a font symbol in a Flash document has an assigned identifier string and URL, use the font symbol in another
Flash document by copying the font symbol into the destination FLA file.
See also
“
Sharing library assets
” on page 162
“
Copy library assets between documents
” on page 160
Create a font library item
1
Open the library to add a font symbol to.
2
Select New Font from the Library Panel menu.
3
Enter a name for the font item in the Name text field.
4
Select a font family from the Font menu or enter the name of a font in the Font text field.
5
(Optional) Select a font style from the Style menu.
If the selected font does not include a bold or italic style, you can select the Faux Bold or Faux Italic checkboxes. Faux
Bold and Faux Italic styles are added to the Regular style by the operating system. The faux styles may not look as good
as fonts that include a true bold or italic style.
6
(Optional) To embed the font information as bitmap data rather than vector outline data, select the Bitmap Text
option, and enter a font size in the Size text field. (Bitmap fonts cannot use anti-aliasing. You must choose Bitmap
as the anti-aliasing option in the Property inspector for text that uses this font.)
Note:
The Size setting applies only when you use the Bitmap Text option.
Assign an identifier string to a font library item
1
Select the font item in the Library panel.
2
Select Properties from the Library Panel menu.
3
Under Linkage, select Export for Runtime Sharing.
4
In the Identifier text field, enter a string to identify the font item.
5
In the URL text field, enter the URL of the SWF file that contains the font item.
Updated 5 March 2009
