I can't see an easy way to recreate the exact effect (without doing it more manually) but if you want to use a preset, a similar effect I saw (but not quite the same as the one in the example) is:
1) Create a composition
2) Add a text layer (click on the T and add some text eg. "Pickle" like in the examle)
3) from the top menu, click on "Animation", then "Browse Presets"
4) In the "Presets" window thing, click on "Text"
5) Click on "Tracking"
6) Click on the "Magnify" preset (it should then preview it in a window)
7) If you want that animation applied to your text, right-click on the "Magnify" preset, then select "Place in After Effects".
If's a similar effect though not quite the same. Perhaps you can re-create the exact effect by, instead of selecting that preset (and assuming a different preset does have the right effect), selecting the text layer, in the animate button, enabling per character 3d and keyframing the scale somehow - not sure exactly how you scale each character manually though but it's probably somewhere there)
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