Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual
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Paragraph: Makes the Margin controls available in the lower area of the Layout pane. Use the
sliders to change margin size. Double-clicking the text in the Canvas when Layout Method
is set to Paragraph displays a ruler and scroll control around the text-entry field. When text is
deleted from a paragraph text-entry field, paragraph margins do not scale. For information
on modifying or creating a paragraph, see
Add paragraph text in the Canvas
on page 615.
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Path: Creates text on a path and makes the Path Options parameter group available. The
path can be an open or closed spline, a circle, a rectangle, a wave, or based on a shape.
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Scroll: Positions the margins of the text-entry field to match the project’s safe zones in
preparation for a scrolling animation. When Layout Method is set to Scroll, double-clicking
the text in the Canvas displays a ruler and an enhanced scroll control that displays a preview
of the text. Drag in the scroll bar to navigate through large amounts of text. Scroll does not
animate the text—text is only positioned and formatted in preparation for you to create
scrolling animation using keyframes or behaviors. For more information on animating text,
see
on page 676. When Layout Method is set to Scroll, the following
occurs: The Transform Glyph tool is not available; the Offset, Rotation, and Affects Layout
parameters in the Format pane are not available; and the text is flattened, so the Flatten,
Render Text, and Face Camera parameters are not available. (For more information, see the
Flatten checkbox description in
Text Rendering controls in the Layout pane
on page 655.)
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Crawl: Positions the text in a single string (within project safe zones) along the bottom of
the project in preparation for a crawl or ticker-type animation. Double-clicking the text in
the Canvas when Layout Method is set to Crawl displays a scroll control below the text-entry
field. Crawl does not animate the text—text is only positioned and formatted in preparation
for you to create an animation using keyframes or behaviors. For more information on
animating text, see
on page 676. When Layout Method is set to
Scroll, the following occurs: Tabs are not available; the Transform Glyph tool is not available;
the Offset, Rotation, and Affects Layout parameters in the Format pane are not available; and
the text is flattened. As a result, the Flatten, Render Text, and Face Camera parameters are
not available. (For more information, see the Flatten checkbox description in
on page 655.)
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Direction: Use this pop-up menu to set the direction for the flow of letters. Choose Horizontal
or Vertical.
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Auto-Shrink: Use this pop-up menu, available when Layout Method is set to Paragraph, Scroll,
or Crawl to change the vertical or horizontal scale of selected letters to ensure the text fits
within the margins of the text object. Choose one of the following options:
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Off: No scaling occurs. Text exceeding the width or height of the text object extends beyond
the visible edges of the screen for scrolling or crawling text, or wraps to the next line for
paragraph text.
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Left And Right: Scaling occurs at the left and right margins of the text object. This setting is
primarily used with scrolling text, to ensure that no characters are cut off. However, it can be
applied to other text objects.
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Top And Bottom: Scaling occurs at the top and bottom margins of the text object. This
setting is primarily used for crawling text, to ensure that no characters are cut off. However, it
can be applied to other text objects.
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To All Margins: Scaling occurs at the left, right, top, and bottom margins of the text object.
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Crop At Margins: Select this checkbox to crop text that extends past the margins of the text
object. This control is disabled when Auto-Shrink is enabled.
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