# Html from external source

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-from-external-source/169646>\
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**Created:** [November 17, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-from-external-source/169646 "2005-11-17T23:57:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@mpr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mpr)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-from-external-source/169646/1 "2005-11-17T23:57:32Z")

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I’m trying to format some text from an external source to html in my movie.  
I’ve had a number of sites/tuts show me how to do this but everytime I do it myself I’m coming up snake-eyes:ko:

I have them all in the same folder, the “render as html” button is on, the formats are all there. Here’s what my properties looks like for the text box:  
 ![](http://www.geocities.com/mpronnei/news.jpg)

My .txt file has this:

```auto

[size=2]content=this is text. this is <b>bold text</b>. this is a <a href="www.yahoo.com">link</a>
 
[/size]

```

Here is my [.fla](http://www.geocities.com/mpronnei/news.fla) for review.

Anyone know what’s wrong?  
I’m clueless now.

Thanks