Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 834)

To create a type-on effect
1 Select the text.
2 Go to the frame where you want the animation to begin.
3 Enable Record.
Record button
4 In the Layout pane, set the End value of the Type On parameters to 0.
The text disappears (is “typed off”).
Note: You can also use the Animation menu rather then enabling Record in the transport
controls. Click the Animation menu icon beside the End parameter, then choose Add
Keyframe.
5 Go to the frame where you want the animation to end (where you’d like the type-on
effect to be complete).
6 Set the End value to 100.
7 Play the project.
The text is appears character by character, from left to right (is “typed on”).
834 Chapter 13 Creating and Editing Text