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Editing and formatting text 167
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Use the Text inspector (Window > Text Inspector) to reformat the text.
You can also use the Modify > Font and Modify > Paragraph commands to reformat
selected text.
When you make a change, Director updates all sprites that display the text cast member.
Note: If you’re changing the background color of text, you have two options. To change the
background color of the cast member, double-click the text sprite on the Stage and assign a value
from the Color box on the Tool palette. You can also tint the sprite’s background, which blends the
background color of the cast member with the background color of the sprite. To apply this effect,
select the sprite, and select a background color on the Property inspector’s Sprite tab.
To edit text on the Stage during playback:
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Select a text sprite, and click Editable on the Property inspector’s Sprite tab. For more
information, see
“Displaying and editing sprite properties in the Property inspector”
on page 59 .
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Begin playing back the movie.
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On the Stage, double-click to edit the text.
Formatting characters
After you create text cast members for your movie, you can format them in several ways: You can
set the font, style, size, line spacing, and color. The following procedure uses the Font dialog box,
but many of the same options are available in the Text inspector and the Text window.
To format characters:
1
Double-click a text sprite or cast member.
2
Select Modify > Font to open the Font dialog box.
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Select from the following options in the Font dialog box:
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To specify the font, select a font from the list of available fonts. Be sure to use embedded
fonts for movies that you intend to distribute (for more information, see
“Embedding fonts
in movies” on page 164 ).
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To use bold, italic, underline, superscript, subscript, or strikeout for text, click the
appropriate box.
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To change the point size of text, increase or decrease the size with the Size option.
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To change the distance between lines of text, increase or decrease the spacing with the
Spacing option.
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To specify kerning between selected characters, use the Kerning option to specify the
number of points. This setting supplements the standard kerning that is applied to the
entire cast member in the Text tab of the Property Inspector. For more information, see
“About kerning” on page 170 .
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To change the text color, click the Color box and select a color from the Color menu.
Formatting paragraphs
You can specify the alignment, indentation, tabs, and spacing for each paragraph in a text cast
member. The following procedure explains how to format paragraphs while you work in the Text
window, but many of the same formatting options are available in the Text inspector and the
Paragraph dialog box.