Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 620)

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Edit margins and tabs in RTF files
Margins and tabs defined in another application (for example, the one that created the RTF text)
can be modified in Motion. (For more information about the general use of tabs, see
Work with
tabs on page 668.)
Adjust a margin
1 Double-click the text to display the onscreen text-entry field, ruler, and scroll control.
Note: The Text tool must be selected. If you adjust the text box using the Select/Transform tool,
the text is scaled.
2 Do one of the following:
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With the Text tool selected, drag a scale handle on the text-entry field.
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In the Layout pane of the Text Inspector, adjust the Left Margin, Right Margin, Top Margin, or
Bottom Margin values.
Move the tabs
1 Double-click the text to display the onscreen text-entry field, ruler, and scroll control.
Note: The Text tool must be selected for the ruler and tabs to appear in the Canvas.
2 Do one of the following:
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In the Canvas, drag a tab (the small black icon) in the ruler.
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In the Layout pane of the Text Inspector, use the Tabs controls to adjust the position and
layout of the tabs.
Remove a tab
1 Double-click in the text to display the onscreen text-entry field, ruler, and scroll control.
Note: The Text tool must be selected for the ruler and tabs to appear in the Canvas.
2 Drag the tab (the small black icon) off the ruler and release the mouse button.
The tab is removed from the ruler and from the Tabs controls in the Layout pane of the
Text Inspector.
Copy and paste text from another application
You can copy text from another document or browser and paste the text into a Motion project.
Consider the following guidelines when pasting text from another application into Motion:
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Pasted RTF text retains the original font attributes, including family and typeface, size, color,
outline, and drop shadow.
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When pasted, pure black text is converted to white text.
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White text copied from Motion is pasted to the clipboard as black text.
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Text pasted into an empty text-entry field retains the paragraph format, including alignment,
justification, and tabs.
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Text pasted into an existing text-entry field does not retain its original paragraph format.
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Paragraphs pasted into a text-entry field retain the paragraph format, including alignment,
justification, and tabs.
Note: A paragraph is defined as a block of text preceded by a carriage return. Text pasted into
an existing text-entry field does not retain its original paragraph format. However, a paragraph
pasted into a text-entry field retains its original paragraph format.
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If an image is copied with the text, the image is not included when the text is pasted
in Motion.
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