Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 522)

522 Chapter 7 Using Text
A positive value moves the text toward the right and a negative value moves the text
toward the left. You can enter values greater than 100 percent or less than 0 percent in
the value slider. A value greater than 100 percent moves the text completely off the
path to the right; a value less than 0 percent moves the text off the path to the left. In
the following image, the Path Offset is set to 105 percent, so the text object is
completely off the right end of the text path.
4 Go to the frame where you want to end the animation (or set the next keyframe).
5 Adjust the Path Offset slider or value slider to reposition the text on the path.
6 Play the project to see the text travel along the text path.
7 Disable Record.
Working With Text Margins
By default, the text Layout Method is set to Type. This creates one long string of text
until you manually enter a line break. There are several ways to create and adjust text
margins, which include using the onscreen controls and the Layout pane in the Text
Inspector. You can set a margin for a text object before or after it is created.
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