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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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In Browse mode, choose View menu > Ruler. In Layout mode, choose View menu > Rulers.
2. In Browse mode, select a field. In Layout mode, create text or select existing text.
In the horizontal ruler, you see the paragraph settings for the current selection. In Browse mode,
you see the current field’s settings. In Layout mode, you see the settings of the selected text.
3. To change paragraph settings, drag a margin marker to set margins and the first-line
indent marker to set the first-line indent. When you move the left margin marker, the
first-line indent marker also moves unless you press Alt (Windows) or Option (OS X) as you
drag either marker.
To change text alignment in paragraphs:
With the field or text selected, in the formatting bar, click one of the following buttons to change
alignment:
Align Left , Align Center , Align Right , or Align Full .
Notes
• You can specify vertical text alignment for text and fields. In Layout mode, choose Format
menu
> Align Text, then choose Top, Center, or Bottom.
• You can use the ruler to set margins or tabs for text data in Browse mode or for text in
Layout mode. You can't use the ruler to format fields in Layout mode, you must use the
Paragraph and Tabs dialog boxes.
• To quickly set a left tab, click the ruler where you want the tab stop placed. To delete a tab
from the ruler, drag it downward off the ruler.
• You can double-click in the ruled part of the ruler to open the Tabs dialog box.
• OS X: If you have set up tab stops for a field, you need to press Option-Tab to move the
insertion point to the next tab stop.
Related topics
Adding text to a layout
Formatting fields and text for vertical writing
If your operating system is configured to support Japanese text entry, you can format field objects
and text objects that display Japanese text in vertical writing format. In vertical writing, characters
are displayed and read from top-to-bottom, with successive columns displayed vertically from right-
to-left.
There are two ways to format vertical text on a layout. The format you choose usually depends on
the page orientation of the layout. For each text object or field, you can:
• Rotate the characters only, but not the field or text object. In this case, each character is
rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise, but the characters still display left-to-right and
columns remain horizontal.
Sets the left
margin
Sets the first-
line indent
Sets the
right margin