# Creating buttons with words

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-buttons-with-words/8229>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 16, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-buttons-with-words/8229 "2002-11-16T07:04:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![blah\_de\_blah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@blah\_de\_blah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blah_de_blah)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-buttons-with-words/8229/1 "2002-11-16T07:04:55Z")

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hi this might seem like a newbie question but i’m really stuck on it.  
I was wondering how you can make buttons with words because right now, i can make buttons using circles, squares and everythin but when i try to make buttons with words it doesn’t work. Can someone teach me how? thx

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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:** [November 16, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-buttons-with-words/8229/2 "2002-11-16T07:12:33Z")

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the same way…  
Type some text… select it… insert-\>convert to symbol… voila…  
oh and enter the button and draw a box around the text in the “hit” frame experiment what happens if you don’t…

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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:** [November 16, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-buttons-with-words/8229/3 "2002-11-16T08:09:37Z")

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i’ve tried that but it doesn’t work for some reason…? Do you need to put the box in a different layer?

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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:** [November 16, 2002, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-buttons-with-words/8229/4 "2002-11-16T09:50:06Z")

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no you don’t!  
What do you mean it doesn’t work?  
Thats impossible!  
ok you type the text… convert it int a button… and when you test it what does it do?

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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:** [November 16, 2002, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-buttons-with-words/8229/5 "2002-11-16T09:51:19Z")

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I attached him an FLA already here:

[http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9173](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9173)