# Component question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/121326>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 1, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/121326 "2004-09-01T23:46:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f08c70/32.png) [@Brandon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Brandon)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/121326/1 "2004-09-01T23:46:30Z")

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okay i need to change the text in a movieclip on a scroll plane.  
\_root.something.text = “this”  
what do i put to get up to the text. Like the movieclip name or what?