# Text / Links questions

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-links-questions/208948>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 4, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-links-questions/208948 "2006-12-04T17:27:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![thetouchofrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@thetouchofrain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thetouchofrain)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-links-questions/208948/1 "2006-12-04T17:27:06Z")

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Hi

I’m using Flash MX 2004 to create a very simple site which contains a lot of text. I’m new to Flash so have a couple of questions:

1. I’ve been creating my text ‘pages’ simply by using the text tool to write the text and converting that to a movie clip. Is this the most effective way of doing it, or should I be using the ‘text area’ component?

2. I cannot figure out how to create standard hyperlinks in the text. I can see how I can call an external URL by just selecting the trigger text and using the link field. But what about cases where I want the user to click on a specific word and the link goes to another movie clip (i.e. another page of text).

Many thanks!