<p>the easiest thing to do is to manually adjust the font size, use spaces to break up the text into several lines so that it starts out small enough and finishes expanding without jumping to other lines. Took me forever to figure out. Apple really needs to do an update that prevents this.</p>

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2016-07-31T22:54:14.957Z
2016-07-31T22:54:14.957Z
Rainy
<p>Just found an apparent solution to this: if you type <code>option-return</code> you can insert a hard line break in the text. Combined with a manual font size and a little effort, you can get your lines to be short enough that they don't re-wrap. This works better than adding padding spaces as that still causes strange wrapping in some cases.</p>

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2019-07-17T01:54:12.953Z
2019-07-17T01:54:12.953Z
needlestack
<p>I have a title at the end of the movie with my website's URL.  I was using the expand Title effect on this title. As of the most recent update, when the text expands too much, the last letters go to the next line, e.g. video.stackexchange.com: as it grew a little, the m would go to next line, then the 'o', then the 'c', etc.</p>

<p>How do I disable that? I actually want the bounds of the text to go out of the screen. I had no problem doing that before this update.</p>

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2014-04-25T13:44:45.210Z
I don't have iMovie, but if you see any settings referring to word wrap, that's what this kind of behavior is traditionally called.  Hopefully someone with iMovie can chime in with a more solid answer.
AJ Henderson
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2014-04-25T22:12:28.263Z
I do use iMovie, but I haven't used that feature. For control over this kind of effect, you could create a transparent PNG image (using Photoshop or free software like GIMP) with the title, drag it into the timeline, and do a Ken Burns effect on it to zoom in.  It WILL go off the sides of the frame without wrapping.
BrettFromLA
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2014-04-29T03:39:06.077Z
Good Idea!! It worked
user5859
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Preventing letters from going to next line as title expands in iMovie
user5859
# Preventing letters from going to next line as title expands in iMovie

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-25)

I have a title at the end of the movie with my website's URL. I was using the expand Title effect on this title. As of the most recent update, when the text expands too much, the last letters go to the next line, e.g. video.stackexchange.com: as it grew a little, the m would go to next line, then the 'o', then the 'c', etc.

How do I disable that? I actually want the bounds of the text to go out of the screen. I had no problem doing that before this update.

**Tags:** imovie

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I don't have iMovie, but if you see any settings referring to word wrap, that's what this kind of behavior is traditionally called.  Hopefully someone with iMovie can chime in with a more solid answer.  
> **username_2**: I do use iMovie, but I haven't used that feature. For control over this kind of effect, you could create a transparent PNG image (using Photoshop or free software like GIMP) with the title, drag it into the timeline, and do a Ken Burns effect on it to zoom in.  It WILL go off the sides of the frame without wrapping.  
> **username_0**: Good Idea!! It worked  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-07-31. Score: 1

the easiest thing to do is to manually adjust the font size, use spaces to break up the text into several lines so that it starts out small enough and finishes expanding without jumping to other lines. Took me forever to figure out. Apple really needs to do an update that prevents this.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2019-07-17. Score: 1

Just found an apparent solution to this: if you type `option-return` you can insert a hard line break in the text. Combined with a manual font size and a little effort, you can get your lines to be short enough that they don't re-wrap. This works better than adding padding spaces as that still causes strange wrapping in some cases.


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