Help with drop-in text animation

Hi Folks,
I'm trying to create a specific text animation, but I'm having a little difficulty. I'd like to have the text drop in in a random order into its final spot. I can get close using the text drop-in animation, but I'd really like the 'source' of the text dropping in to be from a single point. Picture a watering can pouring the letters out and they randomly fall into their correct spot in a phrase. The default look of the drop-in animation is that each character drops from its corresponding spot in the phrase. I've played with changing the tracking, using the 'before' setting and managed to squeeze the space that the text is dropping from, but that causes the letter to appear to move after they've already landed. You can see a rough draft here: http://www.c2-it.com/clients/a/textdrop.mov
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get closer to what I'm looking for?
Thanks,
CJ

Todd, thanks for the reference to the tutorials. They helped me understand a little more how the animators work.
Mylenium, I'm still a little confused on your approach. I've got the base text layer and added an animator for opacity. I set it for random and that works fine, the letters randomly appear and complete the phrase. For the 'pouring in' part, I added a second text layer and animated the position property, but the text still originates from its original place in the phrase. I can't get it to originate from a single point. Also, I'm not even sure I understood about using multiple selectors for the 1st layer. Just using the animator for opacity with a random setting seems to provide the correct 'ending' of the animation.
Thanks Again,
CJ

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