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In addition to setting hanging indents as a paragraph attribute, you can enter a special
character that forces the indenting of all lines of text from that point to the next paragraph
return. Press Command+\ (Mac OS X) or Ctrl+\ (Windows) to enter a special Indent Here
character. (The Indent Here character is an invisible character; to view invisible characters,
choose View > Invisibles (Command+I/Ctrl+I.)
Alignment and indentations are both measured from the Text Inset field specified in the
Text tab of the Modify dialog box (Item menu) on Windows, or in the Text Inset field
on the Text Box tab of the Measurements palette. The Text Inset value affects the four
sides of a text box; it does not affect the inner columns of a text box.
Controlling leading
Leading is a measure of line spacing — the distance between text baselines in paragraphs.
When you specify a leading value, it is applied to all lines in selected paragraphs. You can
specify leading by three methods:
• Absolute leading sets the distance between baselines of text to a specific value, regardless
of the size of characters on the lines. For example, if you specify an absolute leading value
of 16 points for a paragraph, all baselines will be spaced 16 points apart. When specifying
absolute leading, use a value that is the total vertical distance you want between text
baselines.
• Incremental auto leading combines a base amount of auto leading with an absolute value
specified in the Leading field. Incremental leading values must be preceded by a plus (+)
or minus (–) sign.
• Auto leading means the application uses the value in the Auto Leading field (QuarkXPress
/Edit > Preferences > Paragraph pane) to decide whether percentage-based or incremental
auto leading occurs. The default — percentage-based — takes the base amount of auto
leading and adds to it a fixed percentage of the largest font size on the upper line to
determine the total amount of leading between an auto-leaded line and the line above it.
The default value for percentage-based auto leading is 20%. To specify auto leading, enter
auto in the Leading field.
To set the alignment of selected paragraphs, do one of the following things:
• (Windows only) : Choose Style > Leading, then enter an absolute leading value, an
incremental leading value (preceded by a plus or minus sign), or auto in the Leading field.
• Use the Leading controls in the Measurements palette.
• Use one of the keyboard commands below.
Mac OS X
• Decrease 1 pt: Command+Shift+:
• Decrease .1 pt: Command+Option+Shift+:
• Increase 1 pt: Command+Shift+"
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