Changing Text in SWF Quicker

When the SQF file opens in SWF Quicker, locate the text that you wish to change. To do this, drag the Playhead (the small transparent rectangle) at the top of the Timeline to the right until you see the text on the stage. Select the text on the stage by clicking once on it with Transform Tool. A thin blue border appears around the text when it is selected. Double click this text until you get typing cursor in it. Then just type your own text instead of original one.

Edit Text

But some of Flash headers have complicated structure to create powerful animation effects. So it will be hard to access symbols containing text from the timeline. The easiest and most reliable way to locate elements in movie is to use Library panel. The Library panel is to store all the symbols in the current document. I show you Library here:

Library Panel

To open Library you can use "Ctrl + L" hotkey or choose View > Library... from the top menu.

Browse the Library to find symbol which contains text you want to modify. You can see symbol's appearance in the preview window at the top of Library panel. If you are unable to see text, for some reasons, try to change movie background to non white. Because white colored text on white background is invisible.

When you find symbol which contains the text you want to change, double click symbol icon to show text symbol in main workspace window. Then just double click text with Transform Tool or single click it with Text Tool to edit text.

You have wide choice of attributes able to modify while editing text in SWF Quicker. All that options are accessible from the properties panel at the bottom of SWF Quicker workspace. If you can't see this panel for any reason you can click View > Properties.

Text Properties

To modify text color or font size just select text using Text Tool and go to Properties Panel to change appropriate option. You can find font family and size drop down list boxes, color select box and align icons there. Modify any of that options will update to selected text.

You may change to a different font as well, but be aware that if you choose a font other than the most common ones installed on the majority of PCs (Arial, Verdana, Tahoma and Times New Roman) there is a very good possibility that your text will not display as you wish it to for many viewers. 

To circumvent this, you should embed font. After that it will no longer need a font that is installed on your viewers' computers to display correctly. What's more, you can only embed font to dynamic text and HTML text. Do the following to embed font:

Click the text on the canvas and look at property panel, the Embed Font…button is located in the right bottom (you can find it in the above illustration "Text Properties"). Select Embed Font... for embedded font outlines options. In the Embed Font dialog box, you can select one or more options from the scrolling list. Type only the characters to embed in the document, or click Insert Used button to copy each unique character from the selected text to the text box. Then Click OK to finish embedding font.

Embed Font

When you finish editing of the text block, press "Esc" key to quit editing mode. Now you can repeat operations described above to edit other text blocks.

Now, if you finish your modification, it's time to publish your Flash movie. Here with detailed instructions and tips about it.