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Decrease .1 pt: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+:
Increase 1 pt: Ctrl+Shift+"
Increase .1 pt: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+"
Controlling space before and after paragraphs
Space Before and Space After controls let you specify the amount of space before and
after selected paragraphs.
To set the space before and after selected paragraphs, do one of the following things:
(Windows only): Choose Style > Formats, then enter values in the Space Before
or Space After fields.
Use the Space Before Paragraph and Space After Paragraph controls in the
Paragraph/Paragraph Attributes tab of the Measurements palette.
Setting tabs
You can choose from six kinds of tab stops:
Left aligns text flush left on the tab stop.
Center aligns text centrally on that tab stop.
Right aligns text flush right on the tab stop.
Decimal aligns text on a decimal point (period).
Comma aligns text on a first comma.
Align On aligns text on any character you specify. When you select this tab, the
Align On field displays. Select the existing entry, and enter the character to align
on.
If you do not set custom tabs, the application sets default left-aligned tabs every
half-inch.
You can apply tabs to selected paragraphs in the following ways:
(Windows only): Use the controls in the Tabs tab of the Paragraph Attributes
dialog box (Style > Tabs).
Use the controls in the Tabs tab of the Measurements palette. Using the
Measurements palette conserves screen space, and you continuously see the
effects updated as you change tab settings. You can drag tab icons to the ruler or
drag tab icons directly into text. When you are dragging tabs to the ruler or to
text, a vertical line displays on screen to help you decide where to position the
tab.
Controlling widow and orphan lines
Widows and orphans are two kinds of typographically undesirable lines. Traditionally,
a widow is defined as the last line of a paragraph that falls at the top of a column. An
orphan is the first line of a paragraph that falls at the bottom of a column.
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