/*
 Open a new FLash file (ActionScript 3.0).
 Select TimeLine --> Top Layer --> Frame 1
 Select Window --> Actions (F9)
 Copy and paste this snippet
 <Control> <Enter>
 Observe the stage
*/

// This time we'll just apply the effect to a single word.

import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;  
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize; 

var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
myTextField.selectable = false;
myTextField.background = true;
myTextField.text = "Now is the time for all good frogs to come to the aid of their pond.";

// Now we define the format same as before but we do it using the parameter approach
// TextFormat(font:String, size:Object, color:Object, bold:Object, italic:Object, underline:Object, url:String, target:String, align:String, leftMargin:Object, rightMargin:Object, indent:Object, leading:Object)

var newFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat("Arial", 14, 0x22FF22, true, false, false, "", "", "center", 0, 5, 0, 0);

// This time we apply the font to just the word time.  We count characters from 0.

myTextField.setTextFormat(newFormat, 11, 15);
this.addChild(myTextField);


// 
// TextFormat(font:String, size:Object, color:Object, bold:Object, italic:Object, underline:Object, url:String, target:String, align:String, leftMargin:Object, rightMargin:Object, indent:Object, leading:Object)
// Creates a TextFormat object with the specified properties.
// 
// 
//  http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/text/TextFormat.html