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• Display the Colors palette (Window > Show Colors), click a color, and then
choose or enter Shade and Opacity values.
• Use the color, shade, and opacity controls in the Home or Character Attributes
tab of the Measurements palette.
Applying horizontal or vertical scale
To apply horizontal or vertical scaling to selected text, do one of the following things:
• (Windows only): Choose Style > Horizontal/Vertical Scale, choose Horizontal
or Vertical from the Scale drop-down menu, enter a value in the field, and then
click OK.
• Choose Scale Text Horizontally or Scale Text Vertically from the
Character/Character Attributes tab of the Measurements palette, and enter a
value in the field.
• Use one of the keyboard commands below. If a range of text is selected that has
both horizontal and vertical scaling applied, the keyboard commands will increase
or decrease the text accordingly.
You cannot apply horizontal and vertical scaling values simultaneously.
Mac OS X
• Condense 5%: Command+[
• Expand 5%: Command+]
• Condense 1%: Command+Option+[
• Expand 1%: Command+Option+]
Windows
• Condense 5%: Ctrl+[
• Expand 5%: Ctrl+]
• Condense 1%: Ctrl+Alt+[
• Expand 1%: Ctrl+Alt+]
Applying baseline shift
You can place characters above or below their baseline without affecting paragraph
spacing. A positive value raises the text; a negative value lowers the text. To apply
baseline shift to selected text, do one of the following things:
• (Windows only): Choose Style > Baseline Shift, enter a value in the Baseline Shift
field, and then click OK.
• Enter a value in the Baseline field of the Character/Character Attributes tab of
the Measurements palette.
• Use one of the keyboard commands below.
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