Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 665)

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3 In the Layout pane of the Text Inspector, 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.
This icon indicates
a keyframe is present
at the current playhead
position.
A positive value moves the text toward the right, and a negative value moves the text toward the
left. You can enter values greater than 100% or less than 0% in the value slider. A value greater
than 100% moves the text completely off the path to the right; a value less than 0% moves the
text off the path to the left. In the following image, the Path Offset is set to 105%, so the text is
completely off the right end of the text path.
4 Go to the frame where you want to place the next keyframe.
5 Adjust the Path Offset slider or value slider to reposition the text on the path.
6 Play the project to see the text travel along the text path.
7 Disable Record.
Margins controls in the Layout pane
Use the Margins controls—available when the Layout Method is set to Paragraph, Scroll, or
Crawl—to set the size and location of text margins.
When a text file is imported into Motion, its margin and tab information is retained in the Motion
project. The Layout Method (in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector) for the imported text is
set to Paragraph. By default, text created in Motion is set to Type, creating one string of text until
you enter a line break. To create columns with tabs or to use margins with text created in Motion,
Layout Method (in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector) must be set to Paragraph or Scroll.
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