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Specifying hanging punctuation


    Hanging punctuation controls whether punctuation marks fall inside or outside the margins. Hanging punctuation is controlled by the Hang Punctuation option in the Paragraph palette. If hanging punctuation is turned on, the following characters appear outside the margins: periods, commas, single-quotation marks, double-quotation marks, apostrophes, hyphens, em dashes, en dashes, colons, and semicolons.

    Punctuation hangs when text is aligned right, aligned left, centered, or justified. When a punctuation character is followed by an end quotation mark, both characters hang.

    If you select Hang Punctuation on 2-byte text, punctuation hangs only when there is no room to adjust spacing and prevent hanging; otherwise, punctuation does not hang. You can ensure that punctuation always hangs by also deselecting the Punctuation Hangs Only If Space Unavailable option in the Paragraph palette menu. (See Using the Kinsoku Shori (line breaking) option.)

To select hanging punctuation:

  1. Select any type container or type path using a selection tool, or set an insertion point, or select a block of type using the type tools.
  2. If the paragraph options are not visible in the Paragraph palette, choose Show Options from the palette menu.
  3. Select the Hang Punctuation option.