Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 521)

Chapter 7 Using Text 521
When dragging, press Shift to constrain the path to a straight line. Once a path has
been extended, you can add control points for extra control over the shape of the path.
Animating Text on a Path
Text can be animated to move across the text path.
To animate text on a path:
1 Create the path for the text to travel along.
2 Go to the frame where you want to begin the animation, and enable Record.
Note: Remember that using shortcut keys while in text editing mode may result in
adding characters to your text object.
3 In the Layout pane, adjust the Path Offset slider or value slider to the amount you want
to move the text on the path.
A keyframe is added to the Path Offset parameter.
Path Offset keyframe
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