To Enter Paragraph Text; To Resize A Text Bounding Box - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

The small line through the I-beam marks the position of the text baseline. For horizontal text, the baseline marks the
line on which the text rests; for vertical text, the baseline marks the center axis of the text characters.
Select text options in the Character panel.
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2 Do one of the following to create a text layer:
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Choose Layer > New > Text. A new text layer is created and an insertion point for the Horizontal Type tool appears
in the center of the Composition panel.
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Select the Horizontal Type tool
set an insertion point for the text.
Enter text characters by typing. Press Enter on the main keyboard (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to begin a new
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line.
Note: You can also choose Edit > Paste to paste text that you have copied from any application that uses Unicode
characters.
To end text-editing mode, press Enter on the numeric keypad or select another tool.
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To enter paragraph text

When you enter paragraph text, the lines of text wrap to fit the dimensions of the bounding box. You can enter
multiple paragraphs and select a paragraph justification option.
You can resize the bounding box, which causes the text to reflow within the adjusted rectangle. You can adjust the
bounding box while you're entering text or after you create the text layer. The text you enter appears in a new text
layer.
1 Select text options in the Character or Paragraph panel.
Select the Horizontal Type tool
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Do one of the following in the Composition panel to create a text layer:
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Drag diagonally to define a bounding box for the text.
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Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) diagonally to define a bounding box around a center point.
Enter text characters by typing. Press Enter on the main keyboard (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to begin a new
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paragraph. If you enter more text than can fit in the bounding box, the overflow icon
box.
Note: You can also choose Edit > Paste to paste text that you have copied from any application that uses Unicode
characters.
Press Enter on the numeric keypad, or select another tool to end text-editing mode.
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To resize a text bounding box

With a type tool active, select the text layer in the Composition panel to display the bounding box handles.
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2 Position the pointer over a handle—the pointer turns into a double arrow
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Drag to resize in one direction.
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Shift-drag to maintain the proportion of the bounding box.
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Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) to scale from the center.
or the Vertical Type tool
or the Vertical Type tool
, and then click inside the Composition panel to
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appears on the bounding
—and do one of the following:
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