Margin Controls in the Layout Pane
This group of controls—available when the Layout Method is set to Paragraph, Scroll, or
Crawl—sets the size and location of text margins.
When a text file is imported into Motion, its margin and tab information is retained in
the Motion project. The Layout Method (in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector) for the
imported text is set to Paragraph.
By default, text created in Motion is set to Type, creating one string of text until you enter
a line break. To create columns with tabs or to use margins with text created in Motion,
Layout Method (in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector) must be set to Paragraph or
Scroll.
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There are several ways to create and adjust text margins, including using onscreen controls
and the Layout pane in the Text Inspector. You can set a margin for text before or after
it is created.
Margin controls
Layout Method is
set to Paragraph.
Left, Right, Top, and Bottom Margins:
Use these sliders, available when Layout Method
is set to Paragraph, Scroll, or Crawl, to define the text margins in the Canvas.
For more information on working with margins, see
Text Margin and Tab-Related Tasks
.
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