Options for vertical text and columns
A checkbox labeled Vertical appears in two places: the Column
Guides dialog box and Type palette.
In the Column Guides dialog box, you can create column guides for
vertical text in Publication documents. In the Type palette, you can
specify horizontal or vertical orientation for text objects.
To use vertical text column guides
You can use the Column Guides dialog box to set up horizontal
guides for columns (text objects) that contain vertical text.
1
If necessary, select the Enable two-byte script preference.
2
Choose Layout > Column Guides. The Column Guides dialog
box appears.
3
Select the Vertical checkbox. The column guide buttons at
the top of the dialog box change to vertical orientation.
4
Use the preset column buttons or the other options to specify
guides for the number of columns that you want to use.
To use preset column guides, click one of the buttons. The
first three buttons are for 1, 2, and 3 text columns respec-
tively. The last two buttons are for 2 columns with a wide
and narrow column.
You can set up guides for any number of columns from 1 to
12 using the Number of columns text box.
5
Click OK to create guides for the specified number of columns.
To use the Vertical option for text objects
You can use the Vertical option in the Type palette to set up the Text
tool for vertical text, and to orient text objects to contain vertical text.
1
If necessary, select the Enable two-byte script preference.
2
Open the Type palette by double-clicking the Text tool or
choosing Text > Type.
3
Do one of the following to set up the Text tool, or to change the
orientation of existing text objects:
To change the default operation of the Text tool, make sure
that no objects are selected in the document.
To change existing text objects, select the text objects.
Tip
The Vertical options
described in this section,
which appear when Enable
two-byte script is selected,
are not related to the Verti-
cal command that changes
the alignment of text bound
to a path.