Answers.Body: <p>Just to sync our watches: Both <strong>point text</strong> and <strong>paragraph text</strong> have the potential to be either <strong>single</strong> or <strong>multiline</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>If you create multi-line text using so-called <strong>point text</strong> like this (ie, single-click of the Text tool, w/ multiple lines created by hitting the return key) ...</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/WhUjp.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/WhUjp.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>..then Premiere will display the multiple lines like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Uk78Y.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Uk78Y.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>On the other hand, if you create multi-line text using so-called <strong>paragraph text</strong> like this (ie, click-drag a rectanglar area with the Text tool, w/ multiple lines created by hitting return key <strong><em>or</em></strong> word-wrapping) ...</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KJFz3.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KJFz3.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>..then Premiere will display editable fields like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/dxV0p.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/dxV0p.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>So basically Premiere will add additional editable text fields whenever it sees linebreak characters in your text, whether it's point text or paragraph text. Hopefully that helps!</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Perhaps I wasn't clear. After Effects has a setting where the text of text layers can be made editable in Premiere. This only appears to work with point text (I can only edit one line in Premiere). I was wondering if you can add multiple lines.
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Answers.Text: Sorry about that, I didn't even know about that feature, ha. I'm taking a look at it right now.
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Answers.Text: Ok, I think I've gotten the hang of the "text template" feature now, and have updated my answer.
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Body: <p>I have a text layer in After Effects that I'm using as a text template for a Premiere Pro project. Is it possible to make the editable text multi-line, and if so, how would I go about this?</p>
  
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Title: Is it possible to have paragraph text as an After Effects template (in Premiere Pro)?
UserDisplayName: Justine Krejcha
ThreadText: # Is it possible to have paragraph text as an After Effects template (in Premiere Pro)?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-17)
  
  I have a text layer in After Effects that I'm using as a text template for a Premiere Pro project. Is it possible to make the editable text multi-line, and if so, how would I go about this?
  
  **Tags:** after-effects, premiere
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  Just to sync our watches: Both **point text** and **paragraph text** have the potential to be either **single** or **multiline**.
  
  If you create multi-line text using so-called **point text** like this (ie, single-click of the Text tool, w/ multiple lines created by hitting the return key) ...
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/WhUjp.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/WhUjp.png)
  
  ..then Premiere will display the multiple lines like this:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Uk78Y.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Uk78Y.png)
  
  On the other hand, if you create multi-line text using so-called **paragraph text** like this (ie, click-drag a rectanglar area with the Text tool, w/ multiple lines created by hitting return key ***or*** word-wrapping) ...
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/KJFz3.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KJFz3.png)
  
  ..then Premiere will display editable fields like this:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/dxV0p.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/dxV0p.png)
  
  So basically Premiere will add additional editable text fields whenever it sees linebreak characters in your text, whether it's point text or paragraph text. Hopefully that helps!
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Perhaps I wasn't clear. After Effects has a setting where the text of text layers can be made editable in Premiere. This only appears to work with point text (I can only edit one line in Premiere). I was wondering if you can add multiple lines.  
  > **username_1**: Sorry about that, I didn't even know about that feature, ha. I'm taking a look at it right now.  
  > **username_1**: Ok, I think I've gotten the hang of the "text template" feature now, and have updated my answer.  
  
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