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# Working with Text in a JAMS Text Template

## Editing text

1. Click the **Workspaces** button (upper-right corner) and select **Captions and Graphics**. The **Essential Graphics** panel will open on the right.
2. In your **sequence**, click a **JAMS Text Template** to select it. Position the **playhead** over this **JAMS Text Template**. This instance of the **JAMS Text Template** will appear in the **Program** panel.
3. In the **Program** panel toolbar, select the **Type** tool (**T**). 
4. Click the text. The **text box** will appear selected. Make changes to the text as you see fit. **Note**: The **text box** holds comfortably holds 160 characters (with some wiggle room.) 

## Formatting text

**Note**: Do not change the formatting of the text in a **JAMS Text Template**. Only use this section if you run into formatting problems while editing the text.

1. Click the **Workspaces** button (upper-right corner) and select **Captions and Graphics**. The **Essential Graphics** panel will open on the right.
2. In your **sequence**, click a **JAMS Text Template** to select it. Position the **playhead** over this **JAMS Text Template**. This instance of the **JAMS Text Template** will appear in the **Program** panel.
3. In the **Program** panel toolbar, select the **Type** tool (**T**). 
4. Click the text. The **text box** will appear selected. 
5. In the **Essential Graphics** panel, click the **Edit** tab.
6. To make changes to the formatting of the text, select the **Type** layer. To make changes to the gray box, select the **Gray Box** layer.