Working With Paragraph Text; To Change Paragraph Alignment; To Reflow Paragraph Text; Using Tabs - Adobe PREMIERE PRO 2 Manual

Specifies the amount of space between a range of letters. The value indicates the percentage of character
Tracking
width between the specified range of characters. The direction of the text tracking is based on the justification of the
text. For example, center-justified text tracks from the center. Adjusting the tracking is useful when your contiguous
text has thick strokes that cause the characters to blend into each other, making them hard to read. Adjust the
tracking for all the text in a text box by selecting the text box and changing the Tracking value. You can also adjust
the tracking between specific contiguous characters by selecting only those characters and changing the Tracking
value.
Specifies the distance of the characters from the baseline. Raise or lower the selected type to create
Baseline Shift
superscripts or subscripts. Changing the Baseline Shift value affects all characters. Adjust the baseline shift for all the
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.
Specifies the slant of an object, in degrees.
Slant
When selected, specifies that all selected objects appear in uppercase.
Small Caps
Specifies the size of the small caps as a percentage of regular height. Adjusting this value changes the
Small Caps Size
size of all characters in the text object with the exception of the leading character. A Small Caps value of 100% sets
the text to all capitals.
When selected, specifies that the selected text is underlined. This option is not available for text on a path.
Underline

Working with paragraph text

To change paragraph alignment

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Select a paragraph text object, and at the top of the Titler panel, do one of the following:
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To align text to the left of its text box, click Left
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To center the text in its text box, click Center
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To align text to the right side of its text box, click Right

To reflow paragraph text

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Select a paragraph text object.
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Drag any handle of the paragraph text's bounding box to resize the box.

Using tabs

When you create text using the Horizontal Area Type or Vertical Area Type tools, you can apply tabs 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.
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