More than one way to move a box Instead of dragging bounding box handles, you can change values in the Transform
settings in the Title Properties panel. Either type new values or position your pointer
on a value and drag left or right. Your changes show up immediately in the bound-
ing box.
12 After making sure the Selection tool is still active, click anywhere within the
bounding box, and drag the angled text and its bounding box somewhere else
on the Titler panel.
13 Edit that text by double-clicking anywhere in the text and typing.
You can drag to select text you want to remove or replace.
14 Delete all the text by using the Selection tool to select the text box (which puts
handles on the text bounding box indicating the entire frame is selected) and
pressing Delete.
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Note: If you
continue typing, you
will note that point
text does not wrap.
Your text will run off
the screen to the right.
To make it wrap when
it reaches the title-safe
margin, choose Title >
Word Wrap. To begin
a new line, press Enter
(Windows) or Return
(Mac OS).
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Note: In this case,
the Selection tool
keyboard shortcut (V)
won’t work, because
you are typing inside a
text bounding box.
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Creating Dynamic Titles
15 Click the Area Type tool, and drag a text bounding box into the Titler panel that
nearly fills the title-safe zone.
The Area Type tool creates paragraph text.
Turning off safe margins You can turn off the title-safe margins or action-safe margins by opening the
Titler panel menu (or choosing Title > View) and then choosing Safe Title Margin
or Safe Action Margin, respectively.
16 Start typing. This time, type enough characters to go beyond the end of the
bounding box. Reduce the font size if needed so you can see a few lines of text
at once.
Unlike point text, area text remains within the confines of the bounding box you
defined. It wraps at the bounding box borders.
Tip: Clicking and
dragging with the Type
tool will act just like the
Area Type tool.