Selecting paragraphs and showing the Paragraph palette

You can use the Paragraph palette to set formatting options for a single paragraph, multiple paragraphs, or all paragraphs in a text layer.

To select paragraphs for formatting:

Select the horizontal type tool  or the vertical type tool  and do one of the following:

• Click inside a paragraph to apply formatting to a single paragraph.
• Make a selection within a range of paragraphs to apply formatting to multiple paragraphs.
• Select one or more text layers in the Timeline window to apply formatting to all paragraphs in the selected layers.
• Select one or more Source Text keyframes to apply formatting to layers only at those keyframes.

To show the Paragraph palette:

Choose Window > Paragraph, or click the Paragraph palette tab if the palette is visible but not active.

To scrub values in the Paragraph palette and update text in real time:

Drag an icon in the palette.

To reset values in the Paragraph to the default values:

Choose Reset Paragraph from the Paragraph palette menu.