hi everyone!
i'm pretty new to flash, and i've been working my way through it learning as i
am creating an interactive manual, but this one has me stumped...

within the manual, i have columns of text, some of it scrollable. i used the
UIScrollBar component (which i've customized the appearance of) attached to a
text box to scroll the text. within that text, i'd like to customize some of
it, adding color, bold, italics, and links. i'd like some words in the text to
be links to other frames within my file, links to outside websites, and links
to other files located in my directory (pdfs, jpges, etc that open in new
browser windows).

any suggestions for how to go about doing this? and please feel free to dumb
it down as much as possible as i am still in the process of learning this
stuff. thanks in advance!

dynamic text fields will allow for limited styling options outside of
color/bold/size. check under help.

using flash > working with text

that section will have the "official" answer to your text questions.

asfunction is what you will need for links within the text of a dynamic
textfield.

What version are you publishing out to, as I have used stylesheets to great
success in a CD-ROM project. You should investigate stylesheets if version is
not a problem, other wise the TextFormat class would be the best