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Paragraph Alignment options
In the case of Facing Pages, there is a spine:
Towards Spine alignment: Irrespective of the number of pages in the spread, •
the text on all the Left side pages will align to the right side (i.e. towards the
spine); the text on all the Right side pages will align to the left side (i.e. towards
the spine).
Away from Spine alignment: Irrespective of the number of pages in the spread, •
the text on all the Left side pages will align to the left side (i.e. away from the
spine); the text on all the Right side pages will align to the right side (i.e. away
from the spine).
In case of Non- Facing Pages, there is no spine:
Towards Spine alignment: Irrespective of the number of pages in the spread, •
the text will align to the left side.
Away from Spine alignment: Irrespective of the number of pages in the spread, •
the text will align to the right side.
Controlling indentation
You can specify indents for selected paragraphs in the following ways:
Use the Style > Alignment submenu •
Use the Paragraph tab of the Measurements palette •
Use the following fields to specify the indents:
To specify how far a paragraph is indented from the left edge of a box or •
column, enter a value in the Left Indent field.
To specify how far the first line of a paragraph is indented from the Left Indent •
value, enter a value in the First Line field. Note that First Line indentation is
relative to the Left Indent applied to a paragraph. For example, if you specify a
Left Indent of .5”, and a First Line indentation of .5”, the first line will begin 1”
from the left edge of the text box. First Line indent can be specified in terms of
absolute value or in terms of Em %
To specify how far a paragraph is indented from the right edge of a box or •
column, enter a value in the Right Indent field. Click OK.
To create a hanging indentation, specify a positive Left Indent and a negative •
First Line indentation or drag the indentation icons on the column ruler. .
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 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.