# CSS format text on stage?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-format-text-on-stage/318649>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 26, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-format-text-on-stage/318649 "2011-01-26T04:01:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![cern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@cern](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cern)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-format-text-on-stage/318649/1 "2011-01-26T04:01:15Z")

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I have a large number of screens with loads of text already placed on each (title, body, captions, labels, etc). I know how to create a CSS file and import it into an AS3 file. What I can not figure out is how to format the text on the stage with the CSS information.

I made the text dynamic, but don’t know how to make the text HTMLtext when it is on the stage (manually placed, not generated by code.

I have spent hours RTFM and searching the web and only learned how to do this with as3-generated text. But my text is already on the stage. Anyone have suggestions as to how I may use the CSS information to format the text already placed on the stage (deep bow to you)?