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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 four 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.
• Proportional leading allows you to set the leading in terms of a percentage,
dependent upon the font size. Each paragraph can then have a different leading
depending on the largest font size in the paragraph. For example, if you specify
a proportional leading value of 50% and the font size of the tallest character in
the paragraph is 36 pt, all baselines will be spaced 54 points apart (36 plus 50%
of 36). Using proportional leading can solve problems that can appear with text
that contains inline graphics, inline boxes and inline tables. The boundary value
limit for proportional leading is -100% to 5000%
When importing Word documents, the text is automatically mapped using
proportional leading. When downsaving a QuarkXPress 2017 document to
QuarkXPress 2016, all proportional leading will be mapped to auto leading.
• 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 or
0pt 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.
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