Chapter 14. Using Text

The Different Types of Text

Flash uses three types of text in any application: Static, Input, and Dynamic text. Static text is hard-typed into the application, and never changes. Input text allows you to create fields that your end users can type information into. Dynamic text allows you to do things like display information retrieved from external sources in your application or otherwise change text through ActionScript.

Each type of text has different options to set on the Property Inspector, and these options can affect file ...

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