Instruction Manual

Chapter 16 Text 619
Use text les created externally
Add a text le to a project
You can add plain text (TXT) or Rich Text Format (RTF) to a Motion project. After you add a
text le, you can edit its content the same way you edit Motion-created text. The appearance
(font, size, layout, and so on) of the text imported from an RTF le is preserved (although some
formatting options available in RTF les, such as text wrapping, are not supported in Motion); the
text appearance in a TXT le is based on the settings in the Motion Text Inspector.
Important: Text behaviors such as Tracking, Type On, and sequence behaviors can be added to
text from an imported text le. However, the more text characters a behavior must animate, the
more performance slows.
Add a text le from the File Browser
1 In the File Browser, select the TXT or RTF le you want to use.
2 Do one of the following:
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Drag the le to the Canvas, Layers list, or Timeline.
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Click the Import button in the preview area of the File Browser.
The text is added to the project and can be modied.
Add a text le to a project using the Import command
1 Choose File > Import.
2 In the Import Files dialog, select the TXT or RTF le to import, then click Import.
The text is added to the project and can be modied.
About TXT and RTF les
When you add a TXT le to a project, the following occurs:
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The text is formatted based on the settings in the Text Inspector.
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The Layout Method (in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector) is set to Paragraph.
Note: To change the layout of the text, choose another option from the Layout Method
pop-up menu. The ruler and scroll controls become available in the Paragraph and Scroll
layouts. The scroll control becomes available in the Crawl layout.
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The paragraph margins are set to the Safe Zones of the project. (Press the Apostrophe key to
turn Safe Zones on and o.)
When you add an RTF le to a project, the following occurs:
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The formatting of the text (font, style, line spacing, outline, and other styles set in the text
editing application) is preserved in the project.
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Double-clicking in the text in the Canvas activates the text-entry eld, which includes a
horizontal ruler at the top of the text and a scroll control to the right of the text.
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The Layout Method (in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector) is set to Paragraph.
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Margins in the original text le are preserved in the project. The size of the onscreen text-
entry eld is determined by the margins set in the application that created the text. In Motion,
the margins can be edited onscreen or in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector. For more
information on modifying margins, see Edit margins and tabs in RTF les on page 620. For
more information on the Layout pane, see Text Layout pane on page 653.
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Tabs in the original text le are preserved in the project. The tabs appear as black icons in the
ruler above the text-entry eld. Tabs can be moved or deleted.
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