Reopening Project missing text for lower thirds

Good Day all,
I'm new to FCP X but i'm wondering if any others are having this issue. When ever I reopen a project I'm working on all my text are either gone or mis-aligned.
this is the 3rd time I have had to redo these edits...

Here's a
Community Help search that brings up a few different answers.
I think that the best solution is the one on the AE Enhancers site linked to from the last line of
this page

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a. Is there text in the lower third besides a graphic of some kind?
b. Are all the titles to which this lower third is to be applied all together on the Timeline or scattered?
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