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# Animating Paragraph Channels

In the Text module, the Animation controls include a Paragraph Channel View for viewing text channels in the Channel Editor. Use the attributes and transformation channels to animate paragraphs and characters and fine-tune animations created using the Attributes menu.

(a) Paragraph folder contains all the characters, including spaces between words(b) You can animate specific channels for each character

To animate paragraph channels:

1. In the Text menu, click Animation to display the Channel Editor.
2. From the Paragraph Channel View box, select the paragraph channels you want to view in the Channel Editor.

   Select: | To view:
   --- | ---
   Current | The channels for the selected paragraph—the current cursor location.
   Layer | The channels for all paragraphs in the selected layer.
   All | All channels for all paragraphs in all layers.

3. Animate the selected channels as required. See Creating Animations.