# Jumping letters

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-letters/16615>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 26, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-letters/16615 "2003-03-26T21:06:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![neftin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@neftin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/neftin)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-letters/16615/1 "2003-03-26T21:06:21Z")

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Guys I just started to work with Flash MX and wanted to do very simple (or so I thought) animation of letters. Animation works (surprise, surprise) but letters are moving around a little bit. I included source file so you can tell what I am doing wrong. thank you guys

Jean

[neftin@hotmail.com](mailto:neftin@hotmail.com)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-letters/16615/2 "2003-03-26T21:15:55Z")

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simple… =)

make sure in each keyframe that the x,y coordinates are all the  
same. that will fix that right away.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-letters/16615/3 "2003-03-26T21:20:06Z")

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You’re X and Y values for the text are jumping around for each frame. If you want to keep this frame by frame animation you’ll have to go through each frame and make the X and Y values the same. This is a little tedious and I don’t know a way to change the values for each frame in one go.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-letters/16615/4 "2003-03-26T21:20:20Z")

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In which menu do I go to change it?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-letters/16615/5 "2003-03-26T21:21:34Z")

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The properties pane. If you click on the text the X and Y values are displayed in this pane.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-letters/16615/6 "2003-03-26T21:25:35Z")

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I found it but it has no values (its black, dark and lonely)

🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jumping-letters/16615/7 "2003-03-26T21:28:23Z")

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I think I got it yeaaaaa:hat:

thank you

let me see if I can adjust my animantion

thank you