# Text Box

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box/62545>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 29, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box/62545 "2004-08-29T02:37:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lt\_i11a\_Carw00d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@lt\_i11a\_Carw00d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lt_i11a_Carw00d)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box/62545/1 "2004-08-29T02:37:08Z")

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I may sound like a total nub, as I am and feel like…

But whenever I try and make a box with my text tool, it does not expand. It simply gets as wide as I’d like, but not taller vertically or diagonally. Even after I’ve made the un-expandable box, I still cannot edit it height wise. Why is this?

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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:** [August 29, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box/62545/2 "2004-08-29T02:39:21Z")

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Make sure you have **Multiline** selected in the Properties Panel.

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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:** [August 29, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box/62545/3 "2004-08-29T02:44:31Z")

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I can’t find it in the properties panel…

EDIT: Hmm, I never did that Multi-line thing, but out of the blue it started working…odd…

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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:** [August 29, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box/62545/4 "2004-08-29T02:52:01Z")

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Use Dynamic Text… not Static.

\*Edit: Okay 😃 \*

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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:** [August 29, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box/62545/5 "2004-08-29T03:47:57Z")

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Also, I have another question. How do I make a border on a simple object such as a rectangle or a text box?

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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:** [August 29, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box/62545/6 "2004-08-29T06:38:41Z")

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take the tool to the left of Fill tool (looks like a paint pouring thing) and put the color border of your choice of line color. then just take the tool and press whatever rectangle or circle or wahtever u want to make a border.