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Working with paragraph text

Working with paragraph text - After Effects Tutorial

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Working with paragraph text

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To show you paragraph type, I'll start with a blank document. I'll also reset the Character panel, create white type with no stroke, and I'll also set the Paragraph panel to align left. Instead of just clicking with the mouse, I'm going to click and drag out a box. This is called a paragraph box. The text will automatically wrap inside of this paragraph box. There is a line connecting the handles, and the handles are hollow. This tells you you're in Editing mode, and as you resize the box, the text will reflow automatically. When I press the Enter key, I'll be in Layer mode. If I now resize the handles, I'd be scaling the text just like I was in Point Text mode. I'll undo. To edit I simply double-click and I'll be back in Editing mode. Now there is one new feature in CS5 and that allows you to control how words break across lines. If I didn't want After Effects to split across two lines, I could select them-- including the space--and under the character menu select the No Break…

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