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Select the characters for which you wish to change the baseline shift then enter a
value in the
BASELINE SHIFT text box.
The effect of selecting AG and then applying a downwards baseline shift (i.e. -5pt).
Baseline shift is measured in points but you can use any of Page & Layout Designer’s
standard measurement units. Note that baseline shift is an absolute value, in points,
and does not change if you change the font size.
Paragraph Spacing
The last two fields on the end of the TEXT TOOL InfoBar allow you to
set the spacing above and/or below paragraphs.
This is particularly useful where you want half line spaces between paragraphs.
Like Microsoft Word, when you use both spacing above and below paragraphs, the
spacing between paragraphs is whichever is the greater value (it's not
cumulative). Paragraph spacing above paragraphs will move the first paragraph down
in a frame of text.
Advanced text properties
Right click on a text object and select "ADVANCED TEXT PROPERTIES…" to bring up the
Advanced text properties dialog.
Here you can turn off auto-kerning on the selected text object if desired. See the
kerning section above for information on kerning.
You can also specify that the selected text should be converted to shapes before
being sent to the printer, which is useful if there are any problems printing with the
font used.