# Text alignment/Layout

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-alignment-layout/257578>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 15, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-alignment-layout/257578 "2008-04-15T13:45:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![brian914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@brian914](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/brian914)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-alignment-layout/257578/1 "2008-04-15T13:45:57Z")

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I keep asking myself why Flash is so simple when it comes to text layout and finally today I was thinking that that really can’t be, considering Flash is meant to layout text in web sites.

In my text field, I am looking to create a half return, so if I want space between two paragraphs, I don’t have to use an empty return each time. Kind of like p padding in css.

I also want to create a tab order in my text field, for better alignment of information. I am looking to create the look of two columns, where I have a date with a paragraph associated with it, with the paragraph being more then one line of the date, but staying indented.

Lastly, and I am assuming this is a given, I would like the text to come from a xml or html file.

Could anyone point me to a tutorial on this or some resources? That would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot!!!