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Scroll Rate Mult: Use this slider, available when Speed Control is set to Automatic, to multiply 
the rate of the scroll. Amounts higher than those available in the slider can be entered in the 
value slider (the number field at the right of the slider).
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Scroll Rate: Use this slider, available when Speed Control is set to Fixed, to set the speed of the 
scroll in pixels per second.
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Reduce Flicker: Use this pop-up menu to modify the speed of the scroll to reduce flickering on 
interlaced or progressive displays. When Scroll Direction is set to Vertical and Speed Control 
is set to Automatic or Custom, the options are None, Progressive, or Interlaced. When Scroll 
Direction is set to Horizontal and Speed Control is set to Automatic or Custom, the options are 
No or Yes.
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None: Available when Scroll Direction is set to Vertical, this option has no effect on the speed 
of the scroll.
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Progressive: Available when Scroll Direction is set to Vertical, this option prevents flicker on a 
progressive display (such as an LCD television). The Progressive setting is not guaranteed to 
prevent flicker on an interlaced display (such as a CRT television).
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Interlaced: Available when Scroll Direction is set to Vertical, this option prevents flicker on 
a progressive display (such as an LCD television) or on an interlaced display (such as a CRT 
television).
Note: Because the minimum speed to prevent flicker on an interlaced display is 2 pixels per 
frame, and the minimum speed to prevent flicker on a progressive display is 1 pixel per frame, 
the Interlaced option may result in faster scroll rates.
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No: Available when Scroll Direction is set to Horizontal, this option does not modify the scroll 
speed to reduce flickering on interlaced or progressive displays.
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Yes: Available when Scroll Direction is set to Horizontal, this option modifies the speed of the 
scroll to reduce flickering on interlaced or progressive displays.
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Allow Layout Override: Select this checkbox, to permit manual changes to text layout. For 
example, when horizontally scrolling imported RTF text, the text is placed in a single line. If the 
Allow Layout Override checkbox is selected, the text retains its paragraph form.
Note: This parameter is available only when the Scroll Text behavior is applied to a text object.
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Start Off-Screen: Select this checkbox to move the text to an off-Canvas position for the start of 
the scroll. 
Text Tracking behavior
Use the Text Tracking behavior
The Text Tracking behavior applies a rate of change to the Tracking parameter of the Format 
pane (in the Text Inspector). Tracking applies a uniform space between each character of text.
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