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Setting paragraph indents, paragraph spacing, margins, and insets
You set paragraph indents using the text ruler. To set margins, you use the Text Paragraph inspector or the Object inspector. You can also apply hanging indents, and hanging punctuation marks, such as quotation marks, outside of paragraph margins.
To set paragraph indents using the text ruler:
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Using the Text tool, click to set an insertion point where you want to apply indent settings, or drag to select text. |
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Drag an indent marker from the text ruler to its new location in the area just above the numbers, as follows: |
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Drag a first-line indent marker to set the indent of the first line independently of the rest of the paragraph. |
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Drag the left indent marker to set the left paragraph margin. |
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Drag the right indent marker to set the right paragraph margin.
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First-line indent; left paragraph margin; and right paragraph margin |
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To set a hanging indent using the text ruler:
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Using the Text tool, click to set an insertion point or drag to select a paragraph or paragraphs. |
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If the text ruler isn't visible, choose View > Text Rulers to display it. |
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In the text ruler, drag the left indent marker to the right to set the paragraph indent, and drag the first-line indent to the left to set a negative first-line indent. |
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To apply hanging punctuation:
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Using the Text tool, click to set an insertion point or drag to select a paragraph or paragraphs. |
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Choose Window > Inspectors > Text, and click the Paragraph button to display the Text Paragraph inspector. |
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Select Hang Punctuation to position punctuation marks outside the text block margins.
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To set left and right or first-line paragraph indents using the Text Paragraph inspector:
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Using the Text tool, click to set an insertion point where you want to apply margin settings, or drag to select text. |
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Choose Window > Inspectors > Text, and click the Paragraph button to display the Text Paragraph inspector.
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To set left and right indents, enter values in points in the Left and Right text boxes. |
Positive numbers place text inside the column or text block, and negative numbers place text outside the column or text block. |
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To set a first-line indent, enter a value in points in the First Line text box.
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To add spacing above or below a paragraph break:
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Using the Text tool, click to set an insertion point where you want to insert space, or drag to select text. |
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Choose Window > Inspectors > Text, and click the Paragraph button to display the Text Paragraph inspector. |
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Enter a value in points in the Above text box, the Below text box, or both. |
A positive value moves paragraphs farther apart; a negative value moves them closer together.
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To apply left, right, top, and bottom margins using the Object inspector:
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Select a text block with the Pointer tool. |
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Choose Window > Inspectors > Object. |
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In the Object inspector, under Inset, enter values for left (l), right (r), top (t), and bottom (b). |
Note: When working with text on a path, enter values for left and right.
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An Inset value of 0 (zero) positions text against the text block border. Positive values position text inside the text block border, and negative values position text outside the text block border. |
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