Saving and Loading Files

Save, load, and import text files, text setups, and images for specific use with the Text tool. Save text, text effects, text preferences, layers, and new default text settings. Loading text files from third-party word processing packages, existing Text tool setups, and logos is convenient if you are creating a long text roll of credits as it saves time otherwise spent typing.

Loading Text Files

You can reset the Text menu settings with its factory defaults. To load a text file, preferences, or ASCII files:

1. Click Load, and in the Load menu, select an option from the Load box.

Preferences

Previously saved setup menu options.

Path

Previously saved text path setups. Setups between text paths and garbage masks are interchangeable. So, you can also load a garbage mask shape as a path. Preset paths are in opt/Autodesk/<product home>/path/default.

Logo

Previously saved logos.

Text File

Text files. When you select Text File, you can select the encoding of the loaded file. This applies the correct conversion from the selected file's encoding to the application's internal encoding. For example, select ISO8859-1 to import Latin-1 ASCII files, or UCS-2 to import 2-byte Unicode encoded text files. The encoding options reflect the character encodings available with your system. The load mechanism supports the same encodings as the iconv utility. Optional iconv converters are available by installing national language support options.

Text Setup

A layer or text file created in the Text tool. Text tool preferences that were saved with the selected file are loaded as well.

Factory Defaults

The original Text tool settings that were delivered with the application.

1. Choose a directory in either Proxies or Titles mode.
2. Select one file to load.
3. While loading a text file or text setup, click anywhere in the user interface to abort the load before it is completed.
4. If necessary, click Exit Load Text to exit the file browser.

Saving Text Files

When saving files, you can save text setups, preferences, and default settings.

1. Click Save.

2. In the Save menu, select an option from the Save box.

   Select:	To:
   Defaults	Override the default menu options in the Setup menu and replace them with your specifications.
   Preferences	Save Setup menu specifications only and omit text and text attributes.
   Selected Path	Save any selected text paths.
   Selected Logos	Save any selected logos.
   Selected Layers	Save selected layers, their text, text attributes, and Setup menu options.
   Text	Save text files with text attributes and Setup menu options.

1. Navigate and choose the directory where you want to save the file.
2. Type a name for the file and press Enter or click Save.