Align and justify text, Indent and space paragraphs – Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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To reset values in the Paragraph panel to the default values, choose Reset Paragraph from the Paragraph panel menu.
Align and justify text
You can align text to one edge of a paragraph (left, center, or right for horizontal text; top, center, or bottom for vertical
text) and justify text to both edges of a paragraph. Alignment options are available for both point text and paragraph
text; justification options are available only for paragraph text.
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To specify alignment, in the Paragraph panel, click an alignment option:
Aligns horizontal text to the left, leaving the right edge of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns horizontal text to the center, leaving both edges of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns horizontal text to the right, leaving the left edge of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns vertical text to the top, leaving the bottom edge of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns vertical text to the center, leaving both the top and bottom edges of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns vertical text to the bottom, leaving the top edge of the paragraph ragged.
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To specify justification for paragraph text, in the Paragraph panel, click a justification option:
Justifies all horizontal lines except the last, which is left-aligned.
Justifies all horizontal lines except the last, which is center-aligned.
Justifies all horizontal lines except the last, which is right-aligned.
Justifies all horizontal lines including the last, which is force-justified.
Justifies all vertical lines except the last, which is top-aligned.
Justifies all vertical lines except the last, which is center-aligned.
Justifies all vertical lines except the last, which is bottom-aligned.
Justifies all vertical lines including the last, which is force-justified.
Indent and space paragraphs
Indentation specifies the amount of space between text and the bounding box or line that contains the text. Indentation
affects only the selected paragraph or paragraphs, so you can easily set different indentations for paragraphs.
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To indent paragraphs, enter a value in the Paragraph panel for an indentation option:
Indent Left Margin
Indents text from the left edge of the paragraph. For vertical text, this option controls the
indentation from the top of the paragraph.
Indent Right Margin
Indents text from the right edge of the paragraph. For vertical text, this option controls the
indentation from the bottom of the paragraph.
Indent First Line
Indents the first line of text in the paragraph. For horizontal text, the first line indent is relative to the
left indent; for vertical text, the first line indent is relative to the top indent. To create a first line hanging indentation,
enter a negative value.
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To change space above or below paragraphs, enter a value in the Paragraph panel for Space Before
and Space
After
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