# How do I make flash appear to type characters on the screen?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 13, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-flash-appear-to-type-characters-on-the-screen/39947 "2004-01-13T03:53:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![GreenLantern](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/greenlantern/32/393_2.png) [@GreenLantern](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GreenLantern)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-make-flash-appear-to-type-characters-on-the-screen/39947/1 "2004-01-13T03:53:29Z")

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I have been trying to work this out in my head. So far, no luck.

I’m going for the effect on the matrix, where characters appear as if they are being typed on the screen.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me!