Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 217)

Chapter 10 Add transitions, titles, effects, and generators 217
Modify a title’s text style
You can modify the text style for a title.
1 Double-click a title clip in the Timeline.
The title appears in the Viewer, and the text in the first text object in the title clip is selected.
2 To modify another text object, select it in the Viewer.
3 Choose Window > Show Inspector (or press Command-4).
4 Adjust the available settings as needed.
5 To exit text editing, press Command-Return.
Note: You can also keyframe many of the settings in both the Title and Text inspectors.
Adjust multiple text objects in a title clip at once
You can adjust the settings of more than one text object at once.
1 Select a title clip in the Timeline.
2 Move the playhead over the selected title clip.
3 In the Viewer, do one of the following:
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Holding down the Command key, select the text objects you want to modify.
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Drag to select the text objects you want to modify.
4 Choose Window > Show Inspector (or press Command-4).
5 Adjust the available settings as needed.
Use the ruler to lay out and align paragraph text objects
Text created in Motion and some titles in the Titles Browser contain paragraph text. You can use
a ruler and tabs to control the layout of paragraph text. For more information, see Motion Help at
http://help.apple.com/motion .
1 Double-click a paragraph text object in the Viewer.
2 In the Viewer, click the Show Ruler button.
Note: The Show Ruler button appears only when you edit a paragraph text object.