Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 839)

Selecting Characters with the Adjust Glyph Tool
You can select a single text glyph or multiple text glyphs with the Adjust Glyph tool.
When more than one glyph is selected, the last Shift-clicked glyph appears with the
transform tools. This is known as the “focused glyph.” A box appears around the other
selected characters. Any selected glyph (focused or not) is affected by transforms applied
to the focused glyph.
Note: If you are using the Adjust Glyph tool to warp a style attribute (face, outline, glow,
drop shadow) of a glyph, only one glyph can be selected at a time.
To select all glyphs
1 Select the text object that contains the glyphs that you want to modify.
2 Select the Adjust Glyph tool from the 2D transform tools in the Toolbar.
Ensure that the Attribute pop-up menu in the HUD is set to Transform Glyph. A glyph is
selected.
3 Choose Edit > Select All (or press Command-A).
All glyphs are selected, and the Adjust Glyph tool remains selected.
To select multiple glyphs
1 Select the text object that contains the glyphs that you want to modify.
2 Select the Adjust Glyph tool from the 2D transform tools in the Toolbar.
The first glyph in the text is selected.
3 Do one of the following:
• While pressing the Shift key, select the other glyphs you want to include in your edit.
• Drag to select the other glyphs you want to include in your edit.
• While pressing the Command key, select noncontiguous glyphs you want to include
in your edit.
Although the onscreen controls appear only around the focused (last selected) glyph,
any glyph surrounded by a box is affected by adjust the onscreen controls.
839 Chapter 13 Creating and Editing Text