Justifying text, but

[GranzaMan]

I have entered a hundred words of text or so, but they all appear on one LONG line. The manual/help files show how to justify the text, but not how to limit the text box width and height.... A little help???

[blanius]

Make sure you have multiline and word wraps to ON in the properties for the editbox.
Of course I'm assuming you are using an editbox you didn't mention it. As a matter of fact you really didn't describe the problem very well.

[GranzaMan]

The issue is that I do not see text box formatting options such as word wrap or multiline. Those options elude me. I clicked on Show Properties--nada. I appreciate the help.

[blanius]

You must not be using dynamic text then. If you aren't then you shouldn't have a problem as it shows the way you type it in to text object.

[GranzaMan]

Great-- today's final questions: I do not see how to: 1) see the text unless i preview 2) justify text-only left right center. Thank bro.

[Ultra Pulse]

to answer number 1, you can only view it when either testing it, or playing it where you hosted it. You can't view it from the internal player...

[GranzaMan]

Great. Anyone for helping on question #2? Thanks.

[w.brants]

Answer to #2 :
Justify requires using flash 8 output and at this time can't be set using the gui. You'll have to use actionscript.

[GranzaMan]

Thank you. Can you give me a quick step by step?

[w.brants]

Thank you. Can you give me a quick step by step?

Experimenting some more I discovered actionscript isn't required.
If you set up the textfield, there are four options for alignment : left, center, right and a blank one. If you select the blank one and make sure you export flash 8 (file > export settings) it justifies the text.

[GranzaMan]

AH! Very good. That works. What about compatibility? The first time I tried to view the swf, the program crashed. The NEXT time, it asked to install Flash 8. My concern is that viewers may have a little trouble if they do not have the lastest version. What are your thoughts sir?