Selecting multiple items in AS

[cappie]

I would like to be able to select individual parts of the contents of a text box to modify all at once, rather than having to select then modify each separately - for instance, subscripts, superscripts, insertion of a symbol, variation in text color or style. I've attached a flipchart with several examples of text I would like to be able to change simultaneously.



In Word, you can just click and hold the "Control" key to select several things at once; if this is possible with AS, I'm not aware of it. Or did I miss something again? :rolleyes:

[Peter Lambert]

In version 3 you could try using the text format painter for several of these tasks.
(In Activstudio, you will need the "dropper" tool and the "fill" tool on your toolbox)
For example: Type H2SOspace4 (the reason for the space will become apparent)
In text edit mode change the 2 to subscript.
Select the dropper tool, hold down the control key and click on the 2.
Select the fill tool, hold down the control key and click on the 4. Any other text on the page may be changed to subscript in this way. Note, if there were no space between the SO and the 4 it all would be changed to subscript.
Not perfect, but the text format painter could prove useful.