Setting text properties

After you select a text sample in the Timeline Editor, you can set the following text properties in the Properties tab of the Text Sample Inspector:

Don't Display

Prevents the text from being displayed in the movie.

Don't Auto Scale

Prevents the text from being scaled automatically.

Clip To Text Box

Changes the text box size and does not rewrap the text. Before you select this option, enter positive values (in pixels) in the Margin Width and Margin Height text boxes in the Layout tab of the Text Sample Inspector.

Use Movie BG Color

Uses the movie background color to color the text.

Shrink Text Box

Shrinks the text to new dimensions and rewraps it. Before you select this option, enter positive values (in pixels) in the Margin Width and Margin Height text boxes in the Layout tab of the Text Sample Inspector.

Scroll Delay

Sets the scroll delay. This option works when scrolling is enabled and the delay time is shorter than the sample duration.

Scroll In

Sets the text to scroll vertically from the bottom to the top of the movie.

Scroll Out

Sets the text to scroll vertically from the top to the bottom of the movie.

Horizontal Scroll

Sets the text to scroll horizontally. This option doesn't work with linking text.

Reverse Scroll

Reverses the direction of the scrolling text.

Continuous Scroll

Causes two text samples to scroll in and out. Scroll In and Scroll Out must also be selected for this option to work correctly.

Flow Horizontal

Lets horizontally scrolled text flow within the text box. If this option is not selected, the text flows as if the text box has no right edge.

Inverse Hilite

Reverses the highlighted text color and the text color.

Text Color Hilite

Sets the highlighted text color.

Start and End

Sets the start and end times of the scrolling text.