# Formatting Text Externally?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-text-externally/185467>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-text-externally/185467 "2006-04-13T15:29:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chargrims](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba9def/32.png) [@chargrims](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chargrims)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-text-externally/185467/1 "2006-04-13T15:29:53Z")

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Hi there,

I’m creating a news page, and have a dynamic text box programmed to load an external text file. I’d really like to be able to have headings, and vary colors of the text.

Is it possible to define these attributes in an external file?

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-text-externally/185467/2 "2006-04-13T15:32:13Z")

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yeah, you can use text that is html formatted loded into an HTML dynamic text box

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**Author:** ![chargrims](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba9def/32.png) [@chargrims](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chargrims)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-text-externally/185467/3 "2006-04-13T22:31:56Z")

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Brilliant, didn’t notice that option, thank you!

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-text-externally/185467/4 "2006-04-13T22:32:36Z")

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np:)