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T
Tab Ruler, using, 263–264
tab stop, creating, 263
Test Movie mode
accessing, 155
exiting, 155
preventing looping, 155
testing
download performance, 377–378
Flash documents, 367–368
mortgage calculator, 282
movies, 155
text. See also characters; external text;
hyperlinks; letters; TLF Text;
user-input text; wrapping text
adding columns, 260–264
breaking apart, 252
converting to numbers, 281
creating, 32
creating and editing, 75–76
fonts, 253
modifying gutters, 262
modifying padding, 262
options, 249
registration, 254
titles, 252–255
TLF (Text Layout Framework),
249–252
vertical, 255–256
text boxes. See also linked text boxes
adding columns to, 260
breaking and relinking, 271–273
changing margins in, 263
defining, 254
deleting for wrapped text,
270–271
Editable, 277
enlarging, 262
inserting for wrapped text,
270–271
linking for wrapped text, 266–268
modifying, 262
naming for external text, 282–283
resizing, 262
TLF Tab Ruler, 263–264
text color, choosing, 32–33
Text tool
exiting, 35, 76
identifying, 75
selecting, 32
using, 75
threaded text containers. See linked
text boxes
404
Index
thumbnails, displaying for
keyframes, 27
Timeline
adding frames to, 298
adding layers, 19–20
adding layers to layer folders, 26
changing appearance of, 27
creating keyframes, 21–24
creating layer folders, 25–26
creating room on, 221
creating time on, 21
current frame, 18
elapsed time, 18
frame numbers, 18
frame rates, 18
identifying, 13
inserting frames, 21
layers in, 18
location, 18
moving keyframes, 24
playing sounds on, 296–298
renaming layers, 19
selecting frames, 22
Short option, 27
titles
adding, 252–255
adding to animations, 32–33, 35
animating in 3D space, 152–154
checking rotation angles, 154
TLF Tab Ruler, using, 263–264
TLF Text. See also text
Editable, 253
overview, 249–250
and projectors, 381
Read Only, 253
Selectable, 253
SWZ file, 250
TLF Text boxes. See text boxes
TLF Text library, merging, 250–252
toggling functionality, including for
code, 352
Tools panel
colors area, 34
displaying tools, 31
Drawing tools, 34
identifying, 13
location, 31
Navigation tools, 34
Options area, 34
Retouching tools, 34
selecting tools, 31–33, 35
Selection tools, 34
Type tools, 34
using tools, 31–33, 35
Trace Bitmap command, caution
about, 89
transformations
animating, 127–130
global vs. local, 106
transition animations, creating,
237–239. See also animations
transitions, saving to Motion Presets
panel, 130
transparency
animating, 120–122
changing, 74
creating, 73–75
modifying alpha value of fill,
73–74
tween model
Classic option, 151
object based, 136
tween targets, swapping, 136–137
“tween” terminology, 113. See also
motion tweens
Type tools, accessing, 34
_typewriter device font, 279
u
undoing steps, 35–36
unloadAndStop() command, using,
354
updates, checking for, 46
URLRequest object, using, 346–352
URLs, loading, 274
user-input text. See also text
creating, 275–283
device fonts, 279
display fields, 276–277
Editable text box, 277
embedding fonts, 278
static text elements, 275–276
testing calculator, 282
text boxes, 279–281
V
vanishing point, explained, 107–108
variables in ActionScript 3.0, 218
vector art
converting bitmap images to, 89
converting to bitmap art, 69–70
rendering as bitmaps, 102
vertical text, creating, 255–256
video. See also embedded video;
external video; Flash Video;
Import Video wizard
cue points, 315
display options, 306