# Access text property inside movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-text-property-inside-movie/180470>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 28, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-text-property-inside-movie/180470 "2006-02-28T21:46:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ad\_](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ad\_](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ad_)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-text-property-inside-movie/180470/1 "2006-02-28T21:46:57Z")

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Hi everyone,

Sorry for this very basic question. I have a movie clip which contains a text label. What I want to know is, how do I change the text property from the main movie?

Thanks for any help 😉