Motion 5 - Creating a Text Margin

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Creating a Text Margin

You can create a custom margin using the Margin controls in the Layout pane of the Text
Inspector or by drawing a text bounding box in the Canvas.

For information on creating a text box using the Text tool, see

Adding Paragraph Text in

the Canvas

.

To create text margins in the Inspector

1

Select the Text tool, click in the Canvas, and enter some text.

By default, the text is set to Type in the Layout pane.

Note: Clicking the Text tool in the Canvas without dragging creates a blank text object.

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Chapter 16

Creating and Editing Text

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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.