Hidden Type Tool Menu in After Effects

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Adobe After Effects CC 2025: Hidden Type Tool Menu

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to access the ‘hidden’ contextual Type Tool Menu in Adobe After Effects CC 2025 to speed up workflow when working with Text. 


**Contextual (Right-Click) Type Tool Menu:
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Edit Text
Create Shapes from Text
Create Masks from Text
Animate Text
Add Text Selector
Remove Text Animators
Convert to Paragraph Text
Horizontal
Vertical
Show Text Panels
Reveal Source Text in Timeline

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:17 Add Text (Type Tool)
00:36 Hidden Type Tool Menu
01:00 Convert To Paragraph/Point Text
01:17 Tip: Escape Key To Select
01:33 Point + Paragraph Text
01:53 Horizontal + Vertical Type
02:30 Select Text in Edit Mode
03:18 Show Text Panels
03:38 Create Shapes & Masks From Text
03:53 Add Text Animators
04:32 Remove Text Animators

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2025 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Access Contextual Type Tool Menu:

1. Add Text To Composition
2. Select Text Layer
3. Select Type Tool (Cmd/Ctrl + T)
4. Right-click on Text for Contextual Type Menu
5. Repeat by selecting Type Tool & Right-clicking on Text

How To Switch From Text to Selection Tool (Temporarily):

1. Add Text
2. Press & Hold Cmd/Ctrl Key
3. Click on Text
4. Let go of Cmd/Ctrl to continue editing or adding Text

How To Switch From Text to Selection Tool (Method 1):

1. Add Text
2. Tap the Escape Key to switch from Edit Text Mode to Bounding Box
3. Tap ‘V’ for Selection Tool

How To Switch From Text to Selection Tool (Method 2):

1. Add Text
2. Tap the Cmd/Ctrl + Return/Enter