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Titling and the Titler

text in a text box by selecting the text box and changing the value. Adjust the baseline shift between specific contiguous characters by selecting only those characters and changing the value.

Slant Specifies the slant of an object, in degrees.

Small Caps When selected, specifies that all selected objects appear in uppercase.

Small Caps Size Specifies the size of the small caps as some percentage of regular height. Adjusting this value changes the size of all characters in the text object except for the leading character. A Small Caps value of 100% sets the text to all capitals.

Underline When selected, specifies that the selected text is underlined. This option is not available for text on a path.

Work with paragraph text

Tools in the Titler make it possible to quickly resize and align paragraph text.

Change paragraph justification

Select a paragraph text object, and at the top of the Titler panel:

•To justify text to the left of its text box, click Left .

•To center the text in its text box, click Center .

•To justify text to the right side of its text box, click Right .

Reflow paragraph text

Select a paragraph text object.

• Drag any handle of the paragraph text’s bounding box to resize the box.

Create tab stops in titles

You can apply tabs in a text box in much the same way as you would in a word-processing program. Tabs are especially useful in creating professional-looking rolling credits. You can set multiple tabs within a text box and press the Tab key to move the cursor to the next available tab stop. You can specify a different justification option at each tab stop.

Note: Tabs work exclusively to align the characters within text objects. To align entire text or graphic objects, use the Align command.

Set and adjust a tab stop

1Select a text box.

2Choose Title > Tab Stops.

3Align the “0” line in the Tab Stops ruler with the left edge of the selected text box.

4Click the tab ruler above the numbers to create a tab. Drag the tab stop to adjust its position. As you drag, a yellow vertical line, or tab marker, indicates the tab’s position in the selected text box.

•To create a tab stop with left-justified text, click the Left Justify tab marker .

•To create a tab stop with center-justified text, click the Center tab marker .

•To create a tab stop with right-justified text, click the Right Justify tab marker .

5 Click OK to close the Tab Stops dialog box. The selected text box contains the tab stops you specified.

Last updated 1/16/2012