# How can i make the text appear slowly
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-text-appear-slowly/42543
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**Created:** [February 10, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-text-appear-slowly/42543 "2004-02-10T06:08:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@whitetulips](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/whitetulips)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-text-appear-slowly/42543/1 "2004-02-10T06:08:06Z")
how can i make the text appear slowly (from fade to strong))when i mouse over a picture or a symbol? is there any action script for it?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-text-appear-slowly/42543/2 "2004-02-10T06:56:18Z")
hmm…
first frame set the text to alpha to “0%” and on example like “50th” frame set the text to original ( 100%) then create motion tween…
NOTE: text must be converted to symbols, graphics, etc before u can alpha it…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2004, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-text-appear-slowly/42543/3 "2004-02-10T09:24:32Z")
Hope this is what your after…
should be easy for you to change around to suite your needs…
If have any questions, feel free to post them or send ,me PM
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2004, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-text-appear-slowly/42543/4 "2004-02-10T10:46:48Z")
thanks a lot for your help…
bamb0006, wat u gave me is not the actual thing i want…
mayb i should explain furthur…
when i mouse over a symbol/button, a sentence will appear slowly below it…
so should i create another layer juz for the text… or should i create everything under the “button”?
if yes, how should i do it? do i need action script 4 it?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-text-appear-slowly/42543/5 "2004-02-10T12:00:04Z")
you can make a MC and place actions on it like this:
[AS]
onClipEvent (load) {
this.\_alpha = 25;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
function fadeOut() {
if (this.\_alpha\>25) {
this.\_alpha -= 10;
} else {
this.onEnterFrame = null;
}
}
function fadeIn() {
if (this.\_alpha\<100) {
this.\_alpha += 10;
} else {
this.onEnterFrame = null;
}
}
this.onRollOver = function() {
this.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
};
this.onRollOut = function() {
this.onEnterFrame = fadeOut;
};
}
[/AS]
ofcoarse you can change the values to your needs…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-text-appear-slowly/42543/6 "2004-02-10T12:45:26Z")
You can try macneilslt code if thats easy for you, and what you need…
I must not understand what you mean
"when i mouse over a symbol/button, a sentence will appear slowly below it…"
The blue circle which you can change to anything is your symbol/button
The text can be changed to what ever you like, Ie a sentence under the button.
It fades in and out with the mouse over…
Changing the speed at which it fades in or out is just a matter of adjusting the amount of frames in the twean.
I think you will find that most people do not use “buttons” as they do not give you the control and flexibility that a “MC” will give you.
If the code that macneilslt provided doesn’t help, and changing my MC still wont suite your needs, let me know and we can try something else.
Or someone else my have an idea.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-make-the-text-appear-slowly/42543/7 "2004-02-12T13:09:07Z")
thanks… i try ur suggestions…