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title: Play Scrolling Text
slug: legacy-docs/play-scrolling-text
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:58:09.586Z
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This page / section pertains to **BrightAuthor Classic**, our legacy app. **BrightSign Author **is our latest app for managing content and players.

Development of BrightAuthor Classic has largely ceased and the app will eventually be deprecated and replaced with BrightSign Author.
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To display scrolling text with BrightAuthor Classic, you can either use a Ticker zone (which displays .txt files, RSS feeds, Twitter and variables) or an HTML5 object to display a webpage that contains scrolling text.

Series 1 and 2 BrightSign players do not support scrolling text. To implement this feature, you should have a newer player model and your presentation must be created for that model.

# Ticker Zone

1. In **Edit > Layout**, add a Ticker zone to your presentation
2. Go to **Edit > Playlist**, select the Ticker zone, and click **Zone Properties.**
3. Set the **Text Appearance** to **Scrolling**.
4. Select **OK** to exit the **Edit Zone** window when finished.

![Screenshot 2024-06-05 at 9.51.32 AM.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/511c8QBH-VHiwWnyzIwUb/t5p9XoZr9qatlTc6h4rwL_screenshot-2024-06-05-at-95132-am.png)

# HTML5 Object

Implement text scroll in the HTML/CSS/JavaScript language, then use the HTML5 object in the Images zone to play back the webpage.

# Additional Notes

- BrightAuthor Classic's preview doesn't support scrolling text. The presentation should be published and tested directly on the BrightSign player.
- The text scroll feature is also available in BrightScript via the [roTextWidget](docId\:GQeNKTmmFazEjdlZHttIZ) object and JavaScript through the [BSTicker](docId\:EY8igCEgfbgUZ6edAOXAv) object.