User Guide

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• Press Command+Option+Left Arrow
to move characters closer together or
Command+Option+Right Arrow to
move characters farther apart by five
times the Tracking value set in the
General Preferences dialog box.
• Choose Type > Tracking or Type >
Character, enter a positive or a negative
value in the Tracking/Kerning text box,
and press the Enter key or Tab key.
To view the kerning value between
two characters:
1
Set an insertion point between two
characters whose kerning value you
want to view, using the type tool.
2 Choose Window > Show Info.
The Info palette displays the total kern-
ing value for the two characters. For
example, if the Info palette displays
“109 = 9 + 100/1000 em,” the charac-
ters have 9/1000 em kerning and the
line has 100/1000 em tracking.