# Text Options Panel

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [February 21, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050 "2003-02-21T12:01:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![TOOL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@TOOL](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TOOL)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050/1 "2003-02-21T12:01:25Z")

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I’m just doing this [tutorial](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/ascript_text_animation.htm) and I can’t even find the bloodt Text Options Panel!

What is wrong with me? Someone please show me or doesn’t MX have it?

TOB

:q:

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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:** [February 21, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050/2 "2003-02-21T12:02:27Z")

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bloody\*

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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:** [February 21, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050/3 "2003-02-21T13:46:55Z")

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Hey tool…

look at the posted picture… Make sure you have the properties panel open and select the text option on the tools menu

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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:** [February 22, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050/4 "2003-02-22T04:12:31Z")

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I have the properties panel open but as for selecting the text option on the tools menu…I don’t see any Tools menu :q:

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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:** [February 22, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050/5 "2003-02-22T04:18:29Z")

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look at fester’s attachment…see “Tools” right underneath File?? thats the Tools toolbar…and the “A” which fester has selected( press in A) is the text selection and at the bottom of workspace is the text tools properties…ur looking for the “A”

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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:** [February 22, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050/6 "2003-02-22T04:23:21Z")

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Isn’t there the Text Options panel as pictured in this [tutorial](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/ascript_text_animation.htm) ? Is that Flash 5? It says to click the “Embed Fonts” button in that panel but I can’t find it 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:** [February 22, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050/7 "2003-02-22T04:26:24Z")

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ah yes that is indeed flash 5…i should have check the link when you first provided it…sry

you can still do that tut tho if you want…some locations have changed but the idea is the same

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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:** [February 22, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050/8 "2003-02-22T04:28:24Z")

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not a problem…so you think i should skip the embed font button or is there one somewhere in MX?

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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:** [February 22, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-options-panel/14050/9 "2003-02-22T04:35:07Z")

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not a problem…so you think i should skip the embed font button or is there one somewhere in MX?