Add transparency effects to text, Assign a language to text – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual
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USING INDESIGN CS4
Typography
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Add rules (lines) above or below paragraphs
Add transparency effects to text
1 Use the Selection tool
to select the text frame.
2 Choose Object > Effects
> [effect].
3 Choose Text from the Settings For menu.
You can choose Object if you want the effects you choose to apply to the text frame’s stroke and fill as well as the text
inside it.
4 Specify the effect attributes and click OK.
If you want to change the text’s blending mode or opacity settings, make these changes on the Effects panel.
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Assign a language to text
Assigning a language to text determines which spelling and hyphenation dictionary is used. Assigning a language does
not change the actual text.
1 Do any of the following:
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To apply the language only to selected text, select the text.
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To change the default dictionary used in InDesign, choose the language with no documents open.
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To change the default dictionary for a specific document, open the document, choose Edit > Deselect All, and then
choose the language.
2 In the Character panel, choose the appropriate dictionary in the Language menu.
InDesign uses Proximity (and WinSoft for some languages) dictionaries for both spelling and hyphenation. These
dictionaries let you specify a different language for as little as a single character of text. Each dictionary contains
hundreds of thousands of words with standard syllable breaks. Changing the default language does not affect existing
text frames or documents.
You can customize language dictionaries to ensure that any unique vocabulary you use is recognized and treated
correctly.
How dictionaries affect hyphenation
A. “Glockenspiel” in English B. “Glockenspiel” in Traditional German C. “Glockenspiel” in Reformed German
A
B
C
Updated 18 June 2009