Motion 5 - About RTF Files

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About RTF Files

When you add an RTF file to a project, the following occurs:

• The formatting of the text (font, style, line spacing, outline, and other styles set in the

text editing application) is preserved in the project.

• Double-clicking in the text in the Canvas activates the text entry field, which includes

a horizontal ruler at the top of the text and a scroll control to the right of the text.

• The Layout Method (in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector) is set to Paragraph.

• Margins in the original text file are preserved in the project. The size of the onscreen

text entry field 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

Editing Margins and Tabs in RTF Files

.

For more information on the Layout pane, see

Editing Text Layout

.

• Tabs in the original text file are preserved in the project. The tabs appear as white

triangles in the ruler above the text entry field. Tabs can be moved or deleted.

For more information on modifying tabs, see

Editing Margins and Tabs in RTF Files

.