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you control the spacing between all selected Roman characters. Sending lets you specify
a fixed distance between characters, irrespective of font or font size.
• Baseline Shift: Lets you move selected text up or down in relation to the baseline without
changing line spacing.
• Character: Displays the Character Attributes dialog box, which lets you control every
aspect of character formatting for selected text.
• Character Style Sheets: Lets you apply character style sheets to selected text.
• Text to Box: Lets you convert text to a Bézier picture box shaped like the selected characters.
• Rubi: Lets you control rubi characters applied to text.
• Group Characters: Lets you place horizontal text in a vertical story.
• Story Direction: Lets you specify horizontal or vertical story direction for the selected text
box.
• Alignment: Lets you align active paragraphs to the left, right, or center. Also lets you
justify or force-justify selected paragraphs.
• Character Alignment: Lets you align selected characters according to bottom line, baseline,
center, or top line for the applied font.
• Leading: Lets you change the line spacing of selected paragraphs.
• Formats: Displays the Paragraph Attributes dialog box, which lets you control every
aspect of paragraph formatting for selected text.
• Tabs: Lets you set tab stops for selected paragraphs.
• Rules: Lets you create automatic lines above and below selected paragraphs.
• Paragraph Style Sheets: Lets you apply paragraph style sheets to selected text.
• Update Style Sheet: Lets you update a character or paragraph style sheet definition based
on local changes to the applied style sheet.
• Flip Horizontal: Lets you flip selected text horizontally.
• Flip Vertical: Lets you flip selected text vertically.
• Hyperlink: Lets you modify and apply a hyperlink, page link, or anchor to selected text.
• Anchor: Lets you create or modify an anchor for selected text.
• Underline Styles: Lets you modify and apply an underline style to selected text.
Style menu for pictures
The Style menu for pictures includes commands for formatting and editing pictures. This
menu includes the following commands:
• Color: Applies a color to a selected grayscale or one-bit picture.
• Shade: Lets you set the intensity of an applied color.
• Opacity: Lets you control the transparency of a selected picture.
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