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3 Select the words Avalon Green, and in the Character section of the Properties
inspector, change the color from black to blue.
The selected words become blue and remain underlined, which is the standard
visual cue for a hyperlinked item in a browser. However, you are free to display
your hyperlink in any fashion, just as long as your user can recognize it as a
clickable item.
4 Choose Control > Test Movie > in Flash Professional. Click the hyperlink.
A browser opens and attempts to load the fictional Web site at www.
avalongreen.org.
Creating User-input Text
Next, you’ll create the mortgage calculator, which accepts input from the user
through the keyboard and displays estimated monthly payments based on those
inputs. You create user-input text with Editable TLF Text. User-input text can be
used to create sophisticated customized interactions that gather information from
the viewer and tailor the Flash movie based on that information. Examples include
applications requiring a login and password, surveys and forms, or quizzes.
Adding the static text elements
Start by creating all the text that doesn’t change or can’t be edited—the static
elements of the mortgage calculator.
1 Select the Text tool.
2 In the Properties inspector, select TLF Text and
Read Only. In the Character section, choose Times
New Roman for Family, Regular for Style, 12.0 for
Size, 12.0 pt for Leading, and black for Color.
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