Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 671)

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Select multiple glyphs
1 Select the text object that contains the glyphs to modify.
2 Choose the Transform Glyph tool from the 2D transform tools in the toolbar.
The first glyph in the text is selected.
3 Do one of the following:
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While pressing the Shift key, select the other glyphs to include in your edit.
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Drag to select the other glyphs to include in your edit.
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While pressing the Command key, click to select noncontiguous glyphs to include in your edit.
Although the onscreen controls appear only around the focused (last selected) glyph, any glyph
surrounded by a box is affected by when you adjust the onscreen controls.
Deselect a group of selected glyphs
m Choose Edit > Deselect All (or press Shift-Command-A).
The glyphs are deselected and the Transform Glyph tool remains selected in the toolbar.
Select a glyph in another text object
m With an active Transform Glyph tool selection, click the text layer in the Layers list or Timeline to
modify. If no glyph was selected in the new text object, the first glyph is active. If a glyph was
selected, the last selected glyph is active.
Reset glyph position, rotation, or scale
When a text object is moved, rotated, or scaled as a whole, the changes are reflected in the
Properties Inspector. However, when a glyph is transformed, the changes are reflected in the
Format pane of the Text Inspector.
Reset a rotated glyph
1 If the glyph is not selected, select the Transform Glyph tool from the 2D transform tools in the
toolbar, then select the glyph or Shift-select a group of glyphs.
2 In the Format pane of the Text Inspector, click the Animation menu for the Rotation parameter
and choose Reset Parameter.
The glyphs return to their original rotation.
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