# A very simple question about falling snow

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**Created:** [February 11, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-very-simple-question-about-falling-snow/42657 "2004-02-11T16:35:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Noobdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@Noobdude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Noobdude)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-very-simple-question-about-falling-snow/42657/1 "2004-02-11T16:35:40Z")

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How do you use text instead of an object? I was able to do it once with one letter, but I couldn’t seem to replicate it when I was using a whole 5-letter word.

Similarly, how do you use several different kinds of snow (i.e. round one, triangular, etc.) on one stage?

Many thanks again 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-very-simple-question-about-falling-snow/42657/2 "2004-02-11T19:16:12Z")

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I did a version of this a while back (Last V-Day, actually), in which I had a bunch of "i"s floating upward from the bottom of the movie… What I did was simple, and generally should work for you, when you make the MovieClip, then instead of making a circle, make a text box, type in your word(s), and then ‘break’ apart the text box, to make it a shape, which should be all you need to do…

Good Luck!