# Captions for mc

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/captions-for-mc/266266>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 17, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/captions-for-mc/266266 "2008-07-17T21:00:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![stoopidtypos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@stoopidtypos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stoopidtypos)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/captions-for-mc/266266/1 "2008-07-17T21:00:47Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to incorporate captions that appear when the cursor hovers over a word in my flash file. I was looking at this kirupa [tutorial](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/captions.htm) that i found on the subject, but i want it to be for text. Sometimes the text i want to caption is inside a movie clip (that has several frames with more text on those frames that i may want captions for–just to get an idea).

Should I put invisible buttons over each word, and have the caption in the “over” frame? Or is it better to use the kirupa tutorial i found? Or create a movieclip symbol, set its alpha to 0 and place it over the text? Am i just answering my own question? Any ideas?

Much thanks!