2017

FORMAT THE HEADLINE
set font to "Times"
set size of word 1 to 30
set style of word 1 to all caps
set base shift of word 1 to 60
set track of word 1 to 50
set kern of last character of word 1 to -100
set size of word 2 to 120
set color of word 2 to "Blue"
set style of word 2 to italic
set kern of character 1 of word 2 to -5
set kern of character 2 of word 2 to -5
end tell
CONCEPTS
The set statements above are comparable to the Font, Size, Type Style,
Color, Baseline Shift, Track, and Kern commands in the Style menu.
• The first
set event changes the font for the story to Times.
• The next four
set events reference the first word by index [1]. The size, text
style, baseline shift, and track properties of the word “Biking” are changed.
• The next set event references the last character of the first word; the character is
referenced by relative position. The kern property is changed to –100. (To kern
the space between two words, reference the last character of the first word.)
• The next three
set events reference the second word by index [2]. The size,
color, and type style properties of the word “Gear” are changed.
• The last two set events reference the first and second character of the second
word; all are referenced by index. The kern property of each character is
changed to –5. (To kern a pair of characters, you only need to reference the
first character.)
CREATE THE SECOND TEXT BOX
tell page 1 of layout space 1
make text box at end with properties
{bounds:{"8.5 cm", "5 cm", "29.959 cm", "18.472 cm"}}
end tell
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