Apple Motion 3 - Manual (Page 647)

Chapter 7 Using Text 647
Note: You can create a text bounding box (create margins) that extends beyond the
edge of the Canvas.
Once you release the mouse button, the insertion point flashes in the bounding box
and you can enter text in the Canvas or the Text editor in the Format pane. The Layout
Method is automatically set to Paragraph.
2 To resize the text margins, ensure the Text tool is selected, then drag a scale handle on
the bounding box.
Note: You can also resize the margins of the text bounding box using the Margin
controls in the Layout pane of the Text Inspector. (see step 3 in the following example.)
3 Press Esc or click the Select/Transform tool to select the text bounding box and exit
text-editing mode.
Note: Do not use the Select/Transform tool to resize the text bounding box margins. If
you select a scale handle of a text bounding box with the Select/Transform tool and
resize, the text is resized, not just the bounding box.
To create text margins in the Inspector:
1 Create some text.
Note: You also can create a blank text layer by clicking the Text tool in the Canvas.
2 In the Layout pane, set Layout Method to Paragraph.
3 Set margin values using the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom Margin parameters.
4 Press Esc or click the Select/Transform tool to select the text bounding box and exit
text-editing mode.