Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 256)

248 USING INDESIGN CS4
Typography
Align the Tabs dialog box ruler with your text
1 Scroll through your document to display the top of the text frame.
2 Click the magnet icon on the Tabs dialog box. The Tabs dialog box snaps to the top of the column that includes
the selection or the insertion point.
Set tabs
You can set left, center, right, and decimal or special-character tabs. When you use the special-character tab, you can
set a tab to align to any character you choose, such as a colon or a dollar sign.
1 Using the Type tool , click an insertion point in the paragraph.
2 Press the Tab key. Add tabs in the paragraphs where you want to add horizontal space. (You can also add tabs after
you create your tab settings.)
Using tabs to align text
3 To specify which paragraphs will be affected, select a paragraph or a group of paragraphs.
4 For the first tab, click a tab-alignment button (left, right, center, or decimal) in the Tabs dialog box to specify how
text will align to the tab’s position.
5 Do one of the following:
• Click a location on the tab ruler to position a new tab.
Adding a new tab setting
• Type a position in the X box and press Enter or Return. If the X value is selected, press the up or down arrow key
to increase or decrease the tab value by 1 point, respectively.
6 For subsequent tabs with different alignments, repeat steps 3 and 4.
Act 1 Scene 1: King Lear’s palace.
Scene 2: The Earl of Gloucester’s castle.
Scene 3: The Duke of Albany’s palace.
Scene 4: A hall in the same.
Scene 5: Court before the same.
Act 2 Scene 1: Gloucester’s castle
Scene 2: Before Gloucester’s castle.
Scene 3: A wood.
Updated 18 June 2009