Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Manual (Page 337)

ILLUSTRATOR CS3
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Load character and paragraph styles from another Illustrator document
1 In the Character Styles panel or the Paragraph Styles panel, do one of the following:
• Choose Load Character Styles or Load Paragraph Styles from the panel menu.
• Choose Load All Styles from the panel menu to load both character and paragraph styles.
2 Double-click the Illustrator document containing the styles you want to import.
Exporting text
Export text to a text file
1 Using a type tool, select the text you want to export.
2 Choose File > Export.
3 In the Export dialog box, select a location for the file and enter a filename.
4 Choose Text Format (TXT) as the file format.
5 Enter the name of the new text file in the name box, and click Save (Windows) or Export (Mac OS).
6 Choose a platform and encoding method, and click Export.
Tag text for export to Flash
You can export text from Illustrator to Flash in a variety of ways. You can export text as a static, dynamic, or input
text. Dynamic text also allows you to specify a URL for the site that will open when a user clicks the text. For more
information about dynamic and input text, see Flash Help.
Flash text can contain point text, area text, or text on a path; all text is converted to area text in SWF format.
Bounding boxes remain the same and any transformations applied to them are preserved in SWF format. Threaded
text objects are exported individually —if you want to tag and export all objects in a thread, make sure you select and
tag each one. Overflow text is imported into Flash Player intact.
Once you tag text, you can import it into Flash by either exporting the text from Illustrator or copying and pasting
the text.
For a video on using text effectively between Illustrator and Flash, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0199 .
Note: Tagging or untagging text does not change the original text in Illustrator. You can change the tag at anytime
without altering the original.
1 Select a text object and click Flash Text in the Control panel.
2 In the Flash Text panel, select one of the following from the Type menu:
Static Text Exports text to Flash Player as a regular text object that cannot be changed dynamically or programati-
cally in Flash. The content and appearance of static text are determined when you author the text.
Dynamic Text Exports the text as Dynamic text, which can update programatically at run time through Action script
commands and tags. You can use dynamic text for sports scores, stock quotes, news headlines, and similar purposes
in which you want the text to update dynamically.
Input Text Exports the text as Input text, which is the same as Dynamic text, but also allows users to edit the text in Flash
Player. You use input text for forms, surveys, or other similar purposes in which you want users to input or edit text.