# Easy ? - changing scrolling text speed

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-changing-scrolling-text-speed/52272
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**Created:** [May 21, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-changing-scrolling-text-speed/52272 "2004-05-21T18:19:55Z")
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### Author: ![justn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@justn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/justn)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-changing-scrolling-text-speed/52272/1 "2004-05-21T18:19:55Z")

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[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]Easy question here for you. I want to slow down a scroll bar that I have. It’s simply two buttons, up and down, that control a dynamic text field called information. I have two mcs, one called scrollDown and the other scrollUp. Here are the actions in those clips. [/size][/font]  
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[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]On frame 1 - stop[/size][/font]  
[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]On frame 2 - \_root.information.scroll ++;[/size][/font]  
[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]On frame 3 - gotoAndPlay(2);[/size][/font]  
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[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]I then have a mc called arrows that contain the buttons and on the respective up/down buttons I have…[/size][/font]  
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[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]on (rollOver) {  
\_root.scrollDown.play();  
}  
on (rollOut) {  
\_root.scrollDown.stop();  
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[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]I tried saying this, \_root.information.scroll += 0.5 but that did not work. [/size][/font]  
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[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]Can you help me? [/size][/font]  
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[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]Thanks, [/size][/font]  
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[font=Arial Unicode MS][size=2]Justin [/size][/font]