The multicolumnTextfield component enables users of Flash MX and Flash MX 2004 to create multi-column text layouts, same as you would see in newspapers and magazines. The component has been created to aid users in designing for the landscape proportions of a screen medium whilst retaining typographic conventions.• Easily set styles through its intuitive interface• Supports use of pixel fonts• Integrates with the Macromedia scrollbar or the ultimateScroller• Set the column width and maximum number of columns to display• Set the height to adjust automatically based on the content• Choose the style for appearance (font, size, color, style)• Text alignment (left, right or center)• Indentation (choose to indent the first sentence of each paragraph)• Select background and border colors around the columns• Live Preview (see the results in the Flash authoring environment)Macromedia Flash MX or Macromedia Flash MX 2004 (standard or professional) for authoring (Windows or Mac). Movies using this component may be published for either Flash Player 6 or Flash Player 7, ActionScript 1.0 or 2.0.
