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Specifying paragraph attributes and tab settings
In Browse mode, you can format individual paragraphs (including setting tabs) for text in a field. In
Layout mode, you can specify paragraph attributes for fields that hold text and for text that's not in a
field.
Note In both Browse mode and Layout mode, you can use the Format menu to set paragraph and
tab settings. In Layout mode, you can also use the
Inspector and specify the settings in the
Paragraph and Tabs areas of the Appearance tab.
To specify paragraph attributes and tab settings:
1. In Layout mode, select the text or field you want to format. Or, in Browse mode, select the
text you want to format.
For more information, see Selecting text.
Note The formatting you specify in Browse mode will be stored with the data, and you will see it
in any layout that displays the field. For more information, see
Formatting text.
2. Choose Format menu > Line Spacing > Other.
3. In the Paragraph dialog box, specify spacing and alignment.
4. To specify tab settings for the paragraph, click Tabs.
5. In the Tabs dialog box, specify tab settings.
6. Click OK.
To change paragraph indents and tabs using the rulers:
1. In Browse mode or Layout mode, display the rulers.
To Do this
Specify paragraph alignment For Alignment, select an option.
Specify paragraph margins and
indentation for the first line
For Indent, type a value for Left, Right, and First.
Specify line spacing For Line Spacing, type a value for Height, Above, and Below
and choose a unit of measure. The lines unit of measure varies
with the font you use and is slightly more than the font height.
To Do this
Set a new left, center, or right tab Select Left, Center, or Right, type a value for Position to set
where the text will align, and then click New.
Set a new decimal tab Select Align on and type a character for the text to align to (for
example, a “.”), type a value for Position to set where the text
will align to that character, then click New.
Use a character to fill across to the
tab
For Fill Character, type a character (for example, for a phone
listing, you can fill the area between the name and the
telephone number with periods).
Change a tab's settings Select the tab's settings in the scrolling list, change any of the
options in the dialog box, then click Set.
Remove a tab Select the tab's settings in the scrolling list, then click Clear.