Text tool and the toolbar – Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Using Text
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This section discusses the tools that can be used to create and modify text objects. The
following interface tools are used to edit text in Motion:
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Toolbar
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Text Dashboards
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Text Inspector
Note: When a text object is selected, you can use the standard onscreen controls to
move and animate the text object in the Canvas.
Text Tool and the Toolbar
The Text tool is located in the Toolbar above the Canvas in the Create group.
Note: To customize the Toolbar layout, Control-click in the Toolbar area, then choose
Customize Toolbar from the shortcut menu. For more information on the tools and the
Toolbar, see “
Text tool: Use this tool to create text. Click the Text tool, then click in the Canvas and
begin typing. To select characters of a text object, click the Text tool, then drag in the
text object.
Select/Transform tool: Use this tool to select and transform a text object. Once a text
object is created, click the Select/Transform tool (or press Esc) to select the text object.
To select an existing text object, click the Select/Transform tool, then click the text
object.
Note: When the Select/Transform tool is selected, you can double-click a text object to
automatically enter text-editing mode.
Text tool
Select/Transform
tool
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