Add strings to the Strings panel

Assign text strings to the Strings panel in the following ways:

  • Assign a string ID to a dynamic or input text field

  • Add a string to the Strings panel without assigning it to a text field

  • Assign an existing string ID to an existing dynamic or input text field

Assign a string ID to a text field

  1. Select Window > Other Panels > Strings.
  2. Select the Text tool. On the Stage, create an input or dynamic text field.
  3. While the text field is selected, type a unique ID in the ID field in the Strings panel.
  4. Click the Settings button and select a language or languages from the list in the Settings dialog box. The languages you select should include the default language you wish to use and any other languages in which you plan to publish your work.
  5. Click Apply.
Note: If a static text field is selected on the Stage, the Stage text selection section on the Strings panel displays the message “Static text cannot have an ID associated with it.” If a nontext item is selected or multiple items are selected, the message “Current selection cannot have an ID associated with it” appears.

Add a string ID to the Strings panel without assigning it to a text field

  1. Select Window > Other Panels > Strings.
  2. Click the Settings button and select a language or languages from the list in the Settings dialog box. The languages you select should include the default language you wish to use and any other languages in which you plan to publish your work.
  3. Type a new string ID and new string in the Strings panel, and click Apply.

Assign an existing ID to a text field

  1. Select the Text tool. On the Stage, create an input or dynamic text field.
  2. Type the name of an existing ID in the ID section of the Strings panel, and click Apply.
Note: Press Shift+Enter to apply the ID to the text field, or Enter if the focus is on the ID field.
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