Text Animation Stroke

Is there any way to put a stroke on text animation in
Captivate 3?

Hi there YTCollege
Can you please clarify what you mean by "Putting a stroke" on
the animation?
* Does it mean you want to use strikethrough?
* Does it mean you want underlining?
* Does it mean you want to pause it?
* Does it mean something else not listed here?
Cheers... Rick

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Welcome to our community, cleanfil
You probably don't realize it, but you have answered your own
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but when I press continue, the rest of the letters come up.
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First, you need to get handle of AS3 drawing API and geometry/math capabilities.
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http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/display/Graphics. html
Here is the link to Point API docs:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/geom/Point.html
Math is, well, the same as anywhere else.
In JavaScript you will need to get knowledge of its API as well - it is very similar because AS3 and JavaScript are siblings.
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stop();
import flash.display.Graphics;
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.geom.Point;
* Shape which is used to draw line into.
* Basically line drawing itself.
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* Instance of animatedLineOverlay.graphics
* This variable is created to be reused
var overlayGraphics:Graphics;
// array of points between which to draw line
var overlayPoints:Array;
// x and y postions of line drawing
var overlayMargin:Number = 30;
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* between which line is being drawn
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* Declare here so it can be reused.
var nextPoint:Point;
* Line straight segmen starting point.
var sPoint:Point;
* Line straight segment end point
var ePoint:Point;
* Anngle under which to draw line segment
var angle:Number;
* Line draw speed
var speed:Number = 8;
* How far to advance line animation in a single frame along x
var advanceX:Number;
* How far to advance line animation in a single frame along y
var advanceY:Number;
init();
* Inititalizes entire thing by calling specialized functions
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    makeOverlay();
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function startAnimation():void
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* ENTER_FRAME event handler
* @param    e
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            // stop animation
            removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, drawLine);
            // calling return will effectively exit drawLine function
            return;
        // get point to process by extracting first element in the array
        currentPoints = overlayPoints.shift();
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        ePoint = currentPoints.end;
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        advanceY = speed * Math.cos(angle);
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        nextPoint = new Point(sPoint.x, sPoint.y);
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    nextPoint.x += advanceX;
    nextPoint.y += advanceY;
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    var overlayHeight:Number = stage.stageHeight - overlayMargin * 2;
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     * each array element will be an Object
     * each Object will have two properties start and end
     * which represent points at which, naturally start and end line segment
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    overlayPoints.push({start: new Point(0, 0), end: new Point(0, overlayHeight / 6)});
    overlayPoints.push({start: new Point(0, overlayHeight * .5), end: new Point(0, overlayHeight)});
    overlayPoints.push({start: new Point(0, overlayHeight), end: new Point(overlayWidth / 8, overlayHeight)});
    overlayPoints.push({start: new Point(overlayWidth / 8, overlayHeight), end: new Point(overlayWidth / 6, overlayHeight - 50)});
    overlayPoints.push({start: new Point(overlayWidth / 6, overlayHeight - 50), end: new Point(overlayWidth * .5, overlayHeight - 50)});
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    overlayPoints.push({start: new Point(overlayWidth * .5, overlayHeight - 50), end: new Point(overlayWidth - 20, overlayHeight - 50), lineColor: 0xFFFFFF});
    overlayPoints.push({start: new Point(overlayWidth - 20, overlayHeight - 50), end: new Point(overlayWidth - 20, overlayHeight - 100)});
    overlayPoints.push({start: new Point(overlayWidth - 20, overlayHeight - 100), end: new Point(overlayWidth, overlayHeight - 150)});
    overlayPoints.push({start: new Point(overlayWidth, overlayHeight - 150), end: new Point(overlayWidth, overlayHeight - 200)});
* Creates line drawing plain
function makeOverlay():void
    // instantiate
    animatedLineOverlay = new Shape();
    // gain reference to the graphics API
    overlayGraphics = animatedLineOverlay.graphics;
    // define line properties
    overlayGraphics.lineStyle(1, 0, 1, true);
    overlayGraphics.beginFill(0x000000);
    // draw initial rectangle at the top/left
    overlayGraphics.drawRect(0, 0, 80, 10);
    overlayGraphics.endFill();
    // position drawing plain at its margin
    animatedLineOverlay.x = animatedLineOverlay.y = overlayMargin;
    addChild(animatedLineOverlay);
* Makes applpication background.
function makeBackground():void
    graphics.beginFill(0xFF8040);
    graphics.drawRect(0, 0, stage.stageWidth * .5, stage.stageHeight);
    graphics.endFill();
    graphics.beginFill(0x0070DF);
    graphics.drawRect(stage.stageWidth * .5, 0, stage.stageWidth * .5, stage.stageHeight);
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Thanks

Hi,
Currently it is not possible to add superscripts to Text Animations.
You can log an Enhancement Request using the below link:-
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=5
Thanks,
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Looking for text animation presets beyond those within after fx but haven't really found anything.
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I want some super cool/sleek stuff...
An example =
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