Text to a Layer To create text in Flash, select the Text tool, click on the Stage, and start typing. You'll begin by typing the text for the first two phone messages and formatting them. 1. Select frame 88 on the Incoming Text Message layer (in the Text And Battery folder), and press F7 to insert a blank keyframe. 2. Select the Text tool (). 3. In the Property inspector, select Static Text from the pop-up menu. If Dynamic Text is selected, the text won't appear in the movie. (Dynamic text changes based on ActionScript. You'll work with dynamic text in Lesson 10.) 4. Click an insertion point in the upper-left corner of the phone screen on the Stage. 5. Type Incoming, press Enter or Return, and then type text msg... Two lines of text will appear on the phone screen. 6. Choose Edit > Select All to select all the text. 7. In the Property inspector, select Arial from the typeface menu, click the Bold icon, select black (#000000) for the color, and type 13 for the text size. 8. Click the Edit Format Options icon (), and select 2 pts from the Line Spacing menu. [View full size image] 9. Select frame 103 on the Incoming Text Message layer and press F7 to insert a blank keyframe. The text you typed will disappear at frame 103. 10. Select frame 108 on the Hi layer, and press F7 to insert a blank keyframe. 11. Select the Text tool, and click an insertion point at the upper-left corner of the phone screen. 12. Type hi. it's, press Enter or Return, and then type me. 13. Choose Edit > Select All, and then format the text in the Property inspector with the following attributes: Arial, Bold, 16 point text size, 4 point line spacing. 14. Select frame 126 on the Hi layer, and press F7 to insert a blank keyframe. The text appears between frames 108 and 126 in the movie. Copying Text You could create each set of text from scratch, but because the formatting will be the same for the remaining messages, it's easier to copy and paste the text box and then replace the words. 1. Select frame 125 in the Hi layer. 2. With the Selection tool, select the text on the Stage. Note When you're working with text as type, such as when you're formatting characters, select it with the Text tool. When you're manipulating a text box as