Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 669)

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Move the tabs
1 Double-click the text in the Canvas to display the text box, 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.
The affected text is repositioned to the tab.
Remove a tab
1 Double-click the text in the Canvas to display the paragraph onscreen controls.
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) away from the ruler and release the mouse button.
The tab is removed from the ruler in the Tabs controls in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector.
Text glyphs
Text glyphs overview
Glyphs are the individual characters that make up a text object. Using the Transform Glyph tool,
individual characters can be modified independently of the word, line, or paragraph in which
they are a member. You can choose the text attributes to change or animate, including position,
rotation, scale, face (color or fill), outline, glow, or drop shadow.
In addition to modifying text characters independently of their group, you can transform style
attributes independently of the text character. For example, you can distort the drop shadow
or glow of a letter without affecting its face or outline. These transforms can be applied using
onscreen controls or the Four Corner parameter in the Style pane of the Text Inspector.
When the Transform Glyph tool is selected and Attribute is set to Transform Glyph (in the Text
HUD), transform onscreen controls appear. These controls are identical to the 3D onscreen
transform controls. For more information on using these controls, see
Use 3D onscreen
controls on page 910.
The Attribute parameter is also available in the Sequence Text behavior, which lets you sequence
any of the glyph effects through text. For more information, see
Use the Sequence Text
behavior on page 679.
Transform Glyph HUD controls
When the Transform Glyph tool is selected, additional controls become available in the Text
HUD. In addition to text parameters, the HUD contains the 3D transform tools, the Adjust Around
pop-up menu, and the Attribute pop-up menus.
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Attribute: Use this pop-up menu to specify the glyph attribute to be modified. There are five
menu options:
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Transform Glyph: Displays onscreen controls that allow you to scale, move, or rotate
the glyph.
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Face: Displays onscreen controls that allow you to distort the face (color fill) of the glyph.
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Outline: Displays onscreen controls that allow you to distort the outline of the glyph.
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