# Protecting text **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [June 24, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943 "2003-06-24T16:43:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![worm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/worm/32/235_2.png) [@worm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/worm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/1 "2003-06-24T16:43:11Z")
why is it that when my movies are published, they text in it can be copied. I dont see it in other swf’s so what am i doin wrong or not doing alltogether? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/2 "2003-06-24T16:50:53Z")
there is a button that says make text selectable in your property’s panel. however the text must be displayed in some type of textfield ---
**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:** [June 24, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/3 "2003-06-24T17:25:49Z")
thnx man. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/4 "2003-06-24T17:31:16Z")
anytime, \*\*\*\*\*\*\*note if you do it like that the user must have the same font as your using, just like html ---
**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:** [June 24, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/5 "2003-06-24T17:59:26Z")
so if i leave selectable on will my font export with the movie and show in the users browser? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/6 "2003-06-24T18:00:29Z")
no. in order for that to work you must embed the font. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/7 "2003-06-24T18:56:20Z")
> \*Originally posted by Jubba \* > \*\*no. embed the font. \*\* How, please. Will this make the swf file bigger by much. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/8 "2003-06-24T19:22:42Z")
Also, while were on the matter of protection, i notice that some swf’s when rightclicked, have as little as two options -about macromedia and sometimes settings (i think). How is this done. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/9 "2003-06-24T23:07:01Z")
any help appreciated. thnx ---
**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:** [June 25, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/10 "2003-06-25T00:44:53Z")
Okay that is easy the less than 2 items. When you are doing your html code you want to add \ and for the embed add menu=“0” ---
**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:** [June 25, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/11 "2003-06-25T15:19:17Z")
didnt work. heres what i did \ EMBED …menu=“0”\>\ ---
**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:** [June 25, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/12 "2003-06-25T15:31:19Z")
Use this:[AS]Stage.showMenu=false;[/AS] 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 25, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/13 "2003-06-25T15:57:04Z")
thanks claudio! but just to make sure, could my3brs suggestion work ---
**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:** [June 25, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-text/23943/14 "2003-06-25T16:05:31Z")
I couldnt understand :beam: