Skew type, Formatting paragraphs, Adjust paragraph spacing – Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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Select Adjust Scaling Percentage, and then click OK.
Note the following:
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The Adjust Scaling Percentage preference applies to frames that you scale after the preference is turned on, not to
existing frames.
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The Adjust Scaling Percentage preference stays with the text. The scaled point size continues to appear in paren-
theses even if you turn off the Adjust Scaling Percentage preference and scale the frame again.
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To remove the scaled point size from the Transform panel, choose Redefine Scaling as 100% in the Transform
panel. Choosing this option doesn’t change the appearance of the scaled frame.
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If you edit the text or scale a frame within threaded frames when the Adjust Scaling Percentage preference is
selected, the text is scaled, even if it moves to a different frame. However, if Apply To Content is selected, any text
that flows to a different frame as a result of editing is no longer scaled.
Skew type
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Select text.
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In the Character panel, type a numeric value for Skewing
. Positive values slant type to the right; negative values
slant type to the left.
Note that applying an angle to type does not produce true italic characters.
Formatting paragraphs
Adjust paragraph spacing
You can control the amount of space between paragraphs. If a paragraph begins at the top of a column or frame,
InDesign does not insert extra space before the paragraph. In such a case, you can increase the leading of the first
line of the paragraph or increase the top inset of the text frame in InDesign.
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Select text.
2
In the Paragraph panel or the Control panel, adjust the appropriate values for Space Before
and Space After
.
To ensure formatting consistency, change paragraph spacing in the paragraph styles you define.
See also
“Define paragraph and character styles” on page 166
Use drop caps
You can add drop caps to one or more paragraphs at a time. The drop cap’s baseline sits one or more lines below the
baseline of the first line of a paragraph.
You can also create a character style that can be applied to the drop-cap characters. For example, you can create a tall
cap (also called a raised cap) by specifying a 1-line, 1-character drop cap and applying a character style that increases
the size of the first letter.