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2 In the Layout pane, set Layout Method to Paragraph.
3 Set margin values using the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom Margin sliders.
4 Press Esc or click the Select/Transform tool to select the text bounding box and exit
text-editing mode.
Working with Tabs
When an RTF file is imported into a Motion project, tabs defined in the RTF file are retained.
You can also add and modify tabs to text created in a Motion project.Lines of text that
are separated by hard returns can have different tabs.
Tabs are displayed in the Canvas and in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector.
To add a tab
1 Ensure the text is set to Paragraph (or Scroll) in the Layout Method pop-up menu.
2 Double-click the text object in the Canvas to activate the paragraph onscreen controls.
3 In the ruler above the text entry field in the Canvas, do one of the following:
• Click to add a left tab.
• Double-click to add a center tab.
• Control-click and choose an option from the create tab shortcut menu. The choices
are:
• Create left tab
• Create center tab
• Create right tab
• Create decimal tab
When you add a tab, its white icon appears in the ruler.
Decimal tab
Left tab
Right tab
Center tab
887Chapter 16 Creating and Editing Text