Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 760)

Note: You can also type new paragraph text in the Text editor field of the Format pane
(in the Text Inspector). For more information, see
Adding Text with the Text Editor .
Working in the Canvas, you can adjust the margins of the text entry field without affecting
the scale of the text.
To adjust the width or height of the text margins without scaling the text itself
Do one of the following:
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With the Text tool selected, drag one of the text entry field’s onscreen scale handles.
Note: Do not use the Select/Transform tool to resize text margins. When you exit text-entry
mode (by pressing Esc or selecting a new tool from the Toolbar), a standard object
bounding box appears around the text. If you resize a text bounding box (by dragging
one of its scale handles), the text itself is resized, not just the width of the bounding box.
760 Chapter 13 Creating and Editing Text