# Dynamic Text and Textarea

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-and-textarea/137993>\
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**Created:** [February 18, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-and-textarea/137993 "2005-02-18T21:50:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![awketner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@awketner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/awketner)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-and-textarea/137993/1 "2005-02-18T21:50:56Z")

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I have created a movie clip consisting of a tree component and a textarea component. I have successfully gotten the text to load when i click on it, but the problem is i want to use characters like the greater than, less than, and ampersand symbol.

Any solutions?

Thanks in advance.:luigi: