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Creating text cast members

You can create text within Director or import text from external files.

Creating text in Director

Director provides two ways to create text cast members: directly on the Stage or in the Text window.

To create text cast members directly on the Stage:

1 | Click the Text tool in the Tool palette.
2 | Drag the pointer on the Stage to create a text cast member.
| You cannot adjust the height of the text object at this point—the height adjusts automatically when you add text.
| When you release the mouse button, a text insertion point appears in the area you just defined.
3 | Enter text.
| The new text cast member appears in the first available position in the current cast; the sprite is placed in the first open cell in the current frame in the Score.

To create text cast members in the Text window:

1 | Choose Insert > Media Element > Text.
| If the Text window is already open, click the New Cast Member button to create a new text cast member.
2 | Enter text in the Text window.
| Text you enter appears in the first available cast position, but it is not automatically placed on the Stage.
3 | To change the width of the cast member, drag the bar at the right edge of the cast member.