Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 215)

Chapter 10 Add transitions, titles, effects, and generators 215
4 To select a different text object, do one of the following:
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Click the Previous Text Layer or Next Text Layer button.
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Double-click a different text object.
5 Type new text as necessary.
6 To exit text editing, press Command-Return.
Note: The Previous Text Layer and Next Text Layer buttons also support Motion text edit markers.
For more information, see Motion Help at
http://help.apple.com/motion .
Adjust titles
You can edit text in the Viewer, and adjust a title’s text appearance using the Title and Video
inspectors. For example, you can adjust a title’s opacity or modify the text’s font, alignment, color,
glow, and drop shadow.
Edit title text
1 Double-click a title clip in the Timeline.
2 Do one of the following:
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Double-click a text object in the Viewer.
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Select the text in the Text inspector.
3 Edit the text.
4 To exit text editing, press Command-Return.
Adjust a title’s position onscreen
1 Select a title clip in the Timeline.
2 Move the playhead over the selected title clip.
3 Do one of the following:
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In the Viewer, drag the text object to the new position.
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Double-click the text object and drag the position button to the new position.
Click the position button
(the small circle) and drag
the title to the new position.