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When you choose Format > Character Offset from the Add pop-up menu, the Character
Set pop-up menu appears in the Behaviors Inspector. There are two menu options:
Preserve Case & Digits and Full Unicode. Choose Preserve Case & Digits to ensure that
offset characters respect the case and number of the original text. For example, with
this option selected, an uppercase letter remains uppercase as other letters cycle
through its position.
Note: Using the onscreen controls to manipulate the scale, position, or rotation of the
text unit adds Format parameters to the Sequence Text behavior. For more information
on using onscreen controls to sequence text, see Using the Custom Sequencing Option.
• Face: Choose any of four Face parameters for sequencing: Color, Opacity, Blur, or Four
Corner. For more information on text face parameters, see Text Face Controls in the
Style Pane.
• Outline: Choose any of six Outline parameters for sequencing: Color, Opacity, Blur,
Width, Layer Order, or Four Corner. For more information on text outline parameters,
see Text Outline Controls in the Style Pane.
• Glow: Choose any of eight Glow parameters for sequencing: Color, Opacity, Blur, Radius,
Scale, Offset, Layer Order, or Four Corner. For more information on text glow parameters,
see Text Glow Controls in the Style Pane.
• Drop Shadow: Choose any of seven Drop Shadow parameters for sequencing: Color,
Opacity, Blur, Scale, Distance, Angle, and Four Corner. For more information on text
drop shadow parameters, see Text Drop Shadow Controls in the Style Pane.
Sequencing: This pop-up menu sets how the sequence animation moves through the
text unit. (A text unit can be a character, word, line, or an entire text object, as set in the
Unit Size pop-up menu, described below.) There are five items in the Sequencing pop-up
menu:
• To: Specifies that the animation begins at the original parameter value and moves to
the value set in the sequence behavior. For example, if the original opacity value is
100% and opacity is set to 0% in the Sequence Text parameters, the text unit begins
completely opaque and becomes completely transparent.
• From: Specifies that the animation moves from the value set in the sequence behavior
to the original parameter value. For example, if the original opacity value is 100% and
opacity is set to 0% in the Sequence Text parameters, the text unit begins completely
transparent and becomes completely opaque. This is the opposite of the To option in
the Sequencing pop-up menu.
• Through: Specifies that the sequence goes through a full animation cycle starting at
the original value of the parameter, moves to the value set in the sequence behavior,
and then returns to the original value of the parameter. For example, if the original
opacity value is 100%, and opacity is set to 0% in the Sequence Text parameters, the
text unit begins completely opaque, becomes transparent, and then becomes
completely opaque again.
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