Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 764)

Note: The spelling checker is not available when working with text in the Canvas.
Adding a Text File to a Project
Plain text (TXT) or Rich Text Format (RTF) files can be added to your project. Once the
text is added to your project, it can be edited in the same manner as text created within
the project. The appearance (font, size, layout, and so on) of the text imported from an
RTF file is preserved; the text appearance in a TXT file is based on the settings in the Text
Inspector.
Important: Text behaviors such as Tracking, Type On, and the sequence behaviors can
be added to text from an imported a text file. Keep in mind, however, that the more text
characters a behavior must animate, the more performance slows.
Note: Some formatting options available in RTF files, such as text wrapping, are not
supported in Motion.
To add a text file to a project from the File Browser
1 In the File Browser, select the TXT or RTF file you want to use.
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag the file to the Canvas, Layers tab, or Timeline layers list.
• Click the Import button in the Preview area of the File Browser.
The text is added to the project and can now be modified.
To add a text file to a project using the Import command
1 Choose File > Import.
2 In the Import Files dialog, select the TXT or RTF file you want to import, then click Import.
The text is added to the project and can now be modified.
About Plain Text Files
When a plain text file is added to a project, the following occurs:
• The text is formatted based on the settings in the Text Inspector.
• The Layout Method (in the Layout tab of the Text Inspector) is set to Paragraph.
Note: To change the layout of the text, choose another option from the Layout Method
pop-up menu. The ruler and scroll controls are available with the Paragraph and Scroll
layouts. The scroll control is available with the Crawl layout.
• The paragraph margins are set to the Safe Zones (press the apostrophe key) of the
project.
764 Chapter 13 Creating and Editing Text