5.5

599Motion User Guide
• When you double click the imported text in the canvas, a paragraph-style text-entry
field becomes active, displaying the following in the canvas:
• An adjustable bounding box representing the margins of the text
• A ruler at the top of the bounding box
• A scroll control to the right of the bounding box (if text extends vertically beyond the
borders of the bounding box)
• Any tabs from the original text file, displayed as black icons in the ruler at the top of
the bounding box
You can resize the margins by dragging the edges of the bounding box or adjusting the
Margins controls in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector. See Select and modify text in
the Motion canvas and Display the text Layout pane in Motion.
Select and modify text in the Motion canvas
After you add text to Motion, you can select and edit text directly in the canvas. To select
text characters for modification, use the Text tool.
To select text as an object, use the Select/Transform tool.
Select text characters
Do one of the following:
• In the Motion canvas toolbar, select the Text tool, then drag within the text in the
canvas.
If you don’t begin the drag within existing text, a new text object is created.
• In the canvas toolbar, select the Text tool, click between two text characters in the
canvas, press and hold the Shift key, then press the Right Arrow key or the Left Arrow
key to select characters.
• In the canvas toolbar, click the Select/Transform tool, then double-click text in the
canvas.
• In the Layer’s list, select a text layer, then in the Text editor (at the bottom of the Text
Inspector’s Format pane), drag within or double-click text.