Hey Steve,
I'm working on 5.4 now, but I'm fairly certain this works in 5.1 also.
For this example I will be working with Left justified text, so the line follows your text to the right as you type.
To make this happen you will need a Text box, and a Quad.
Make the Quad the child of your Text box, then complete the below lists for each object.
Text Object:
Type in some text, whatever you like.
Go to
Tab & Options.
You will see a box titled
Auto Scale.
Check the
Enabled Box.
Make
Target ;
Children, or
First Child depending on how many objects you would like to adjust.
Change
Mode too
Width Only
Quad
It's important here to adjust the
Quad size and not it's scale to the appropriate length of text.
Note the
Quad length and divide it in half.
Go to the
Transform tab
Under
Pivot for
X input
-(half quad length). The negative value is important to align the pivot point to the start of your text.
Type away and your line should follow your text along the page, as long as there are no page breaks.
Hope this helps,
Ross Buffington
CGLA Studios
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