Can Dynamic Text Utilize Opacity?

I did a search on this forum for "opacity dynamic text" and
came up with nothing, so I apologize if this has been covered
before.
I have dynamic text boxes with scroll bars on a page. I made
a Movie Clip of all of them and I am fading from 0 to 100 opacity
in the timeline. When I scrub the timeline, it works. However, when
I publish, the text doesn't fade in. The scroll bars do and the
static text does, but none of the text boxes that are set to
dynamic.
I thought of fading a white rectangle (the background is
white) from 100 to 0 on top of the dynamic text, but I have some
animation going on in the background that would be covered as well.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you so much for your time.

OK, I figured it out.
You have to select the dynamic text, click on the Embed
button, then click on Auto Fill, then click on OK.
Embedding the dynamic text lets it fade in/out.
Thanks, Scot! No problem, Scot.

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floateronline wrote:
> Hey, I am relatively new around here although I've been
a member for years. I
> am just now starting to utilize my account. I do have a
question in regards to
> embedding fonts in Flash 8. I have read up on this
numerous places and haven't
> been able to find a solution that works for me, whether
this my user error or
> not is still TBD.
>
> I am loading text from a XML document into Flash dynamic
text fields. I need
> to be using a handwritting font for these text fields.
After embedding the
> handwritten font they are not displaying in my dynamic
fields but are
> displaying in my static text fields that am I also using
on the site. I am
> controlling my dynamic text fields w/ an external
stylesheet. I believe I must
> do something "additional" for these dynamic text fields
but haven't figured out
> what that is, any help anyone can offer is much
appreciated! Thanks.
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How can a dynamic text field be used multiple times, on any
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~~
A number of unique dynamic text fields are being used.
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~~
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> Thanks Urami
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I want to load text into a dynamic text field (called 'about_tab') using a class depending on the language selected (by clicking on a flag icon) by the user.
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package
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