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Properties
The Paragraph Format window
VUse the Paragraph Format window to create paragraph formats that you
ll store in the
 Catalog. Paragraph formats allow documents to have a consistent style and look.
Click a topic below for help:
The Paragraph Format window
Using the Paragraph Format window
Basic properties
Default Font properties
Numbering properties
Tabs properties
Advanced properties
Applying formats from the
 Catalog
Using the keyboard to apply formats
Creating tabs with the mouse
Tabs properties
TIn the Paragraph Format window, choose Tabs from the Properties pop-up menu and set
the following properties.
RTab Stops
Click an item in the scroll list to edit it. Click New Tab Stop to
create a new tab stop.
ODelete
Click to delete the tab stop selected in the Tab Stops scroll list.
Click to assign the Position, Leader, and Alignment settings to the
,item selected in the Tab Stops scroll list.
STab Properties
Position is the tab
s distance from the column
s left edge.
Alignment is how text is aligned at the tab stop.
Leader is the character for a continuous pattern between the tab
0symbol and the first character at the tab stop.
Decimal Character is the character used for decimal alignment.
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The Paragraph Format window
TThe Paragraph Format window has two main areas. The left side has the Paragraph Tag
Xtext box, the Properties pop-up menu, and the Apply To area. When you choose a property 0
Xfrom the Properties pop-up menu, the properties appear on the right side of the window.
For help with a paragraph
property, choose a property
from the Properties pop-up
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Using the Paragraph Format window
(To create or modify a paragraph format:
WClick in the paragraph you want to change or use as a starting point for a new format.
'Choose Paragraph from the Format menu.
YThe Paragraph Format window appears, showing the
proper
 of the paragraph
!containing the insertion point.
UIf you select more than one paragraph, the properties that differ appear as follows: ,
Lpop-up menus contain As Is, check boxes are gray, and text boxes are empty.
TTo display a format
s properties (rather than those of the current paragraph), hold
3down Option and click the format in the
 Catalog.
6Change the properties in the Paragraph Format window.
PSpecify how you want to apply the changes by turning on the check boxes in the
TApply To area. If you want to store the format in the
 Catalog, type a tag for the
&format in the Paragraph Tag text box.
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Creating tabs with the mouse
DWith rulers displayed, you can create, move, and delete tab stops.
Do this:
.Create a new tab stop
Click below the ruler.
4Move a tab stop
Drag the tab stop along the ruler.
+Delete a tab stop
Drag the tab stop down.
XAfter you change a tab stop, use the Paragraph Format window to apply tab stop settings
(to the Catalog and to other paragraphs.
Left-aligned
Right-aligned
Justified
Centered
Advanced properties
TIn the Paragraph Format window, choose Advanced from the Properties pop-up menu and
set the following properties.
WAutomatic
Controls hyphenation. To turn on hyphenation, turn on the Hyphenate
`Hyphenation
check box here or in the
 properties. For help with changing a
;word
s hyphenation points, click
anguage
Specifies the language to be used for hyphenating and spell-checking
=the paragraph. To prevent FrameMaker from spell checking and
=hyphenating a paragraph, choose None from the Language menu.
\Word
Spacing
Specifies how tightly to pack words on a line. Spacing is a percentage
?of the standard word spacing for the paragraph
s default font.
To add space between characters in justified paragraphs, turn on
FAllow Automatic Letter Spacing. If a line is more loosely spaced than
;the Maximum setting, and you have this setting turned on,
;FrameMaker adds a small amount of space between letters to
improve the word spacing.
 Advanced Properties (continued)
cFrame
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Choose a
reference
 frame
 to be placed above or below the
JBelow
paragraph. Use this, for example, to put a rule under headings.
.Using the Paragraph Format window (continued)
Click Apply To.
UFor a different set of properties, choose a property name from the Properties pop-up
menu.
YYou can
apply a
paragraph format
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Applying formats from the
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aParagraph formats, which you create and change with the
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gstored in the
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&Using the
 Catalog to apply a format
`Display the
 Catalog by clicking the
 icon on the right side of the document window.
To apply a format:
=Put the insertion point in the paragraph you want to format.
Click a format in the Catalog.
%To delete a format from the Catalog:
)Click the Delete button in the Catalog.
1The Delete Paragraph Formats dialog box appears.
7Select the format you want to delete and click Delete.
Using the keyboard to apply a format
0To apply a paragraph format using the keyboard:
CClick in the paragraph you want to change and press Command-space.
The Tag area changes to
?Start typing the format name until it appears in the Tag area.
PType only enough letters to identify the format. You also can press one letter
Frepeatedly to scroll through the formats that begin with that letter.
OYou can also use the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key to scroll through the formats.
#To apply the format, press Return.
NTo cancel applying a format, press Control-C or click in the document window.
KFor keyboard shortcuts used to format a paragraph, click
Basic properties
UIn the Paragraph Format window, choose Basic from the Properties pop-up menu and set
the following properties.
dents
Change paragraph indents by typing values in the Indents text boxes  a
Aor by dragging the indent symbols on the document ruler. Use the
/Paragraph Format window to apply indents.
First
 is the left indent of a paragraph
s first line;
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?indent of subsequent lines;
Right
 is the right indent.
Indents are measured from the column
s edges.
The space between two paragraphs is the larger of the first
@paragraph
s Space Below and the second paragraph
s Space Above.
ALeading is added to the Line Spacing setting (see next entry) to d
'determine the space between baselines.
Basic properties (continued)
WLine
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To maintain consistent line spacing, choose Default Font Size. To n t
Ballow line spacing to vary in lines with mixed font sizes, choose
?Largest Font Size or Largest Ascender. For keyboard shortcuts, fir
click
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4the paragraph that must be kept in the same column.
^Alig
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The alignment of the left and right sides of the paragraph, as follows:
Where to put the paragraph on the page. To move a paragraph to the t
$next column, choose Top of Column.
Basic properties (continued)
ZKeep
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Next
 keeps the end of the paragraph in the same column as the
"beginning of the next paragraph.
Previous
 keeps the beginning of the paragraph in the same column  L
'as the end of the previous paragraph.
Specify the number of lines with the Widow/Orphan Lines setting.
The tag of the paragraph created when you press Return at the end p
of the current paragraph.
MHyph
enate
Turns hyphenation on and off. To turn off hyphenation for
Dindividual words, put a
suppress
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Ithem. To control hyphenation, use the
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%settings in the Advanced properties.
Default Font properties
TIn the Paragraph Format window, choose Default Font from the Properties pop-up menu s
"and set the following properties.
Family
The available font families.
The pop-up menu contains standard font sizes. You can type a font (
8size from 4 to 400 points, including a fractional size.
Angle, Weight,
The settings available for each font family.
Variation
Style
These settings enable you to change text. For example:
rline
strikethrough
overline
superscript
subscript
outline
, and
shadow
You can also put change bars beside paragraphs and kern character
5pairs. You can assign more than one style at a time.
$Default Font properties (continued)
Use this setting to assign a spot color to a paragraph format. For help
>with printing spot color separations, click
pread
Positive values move characters apart; negative values move them on
6together. The value is a percentage of the font size.
QFont Quality
Whether FrameMaker will use a bitmap font or print with outline
1quality when printing the font to a LaserWriter.
Numbering properties
UIn the Paragraph Format window, choose Numbering from the Properties pop-up menu and r
set the following properties.
Autonumber
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SFormat
building blocks that you select in the Building Blocks scroll list. Use    . F
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graphs that begin or end with a text string. See the report,    val
outline, and book templates for sample autonumber formats.
To keep different numbering series from interacting, precede the
?format with a single character label and a colon. For example, erW
ET:<n+1> for a series of Table Name headings and F:<n+1> for a series
of Figure Name headings.
To specify paragraph numbering for a file in a book, select the file in r
;the book window and choose Set Up File from the File menu.
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Building Blocks
Most building blocks are formats that specify whether a counter is ed
alphabetic or numeric:
Numeric (1, 2, 3, 4)
Alphabetic (A, B, C, D)
alphabetic (a, b, c, d)
Roman (I, II, III, IV)
roman (i, ii, iii, iv)
LTo use the current value of a counter, use one of the counters shown above.
To start a counter at a specific value, include the value in the counter format. For a
*example, <n=3> starts the counter at
To increment the counter, use the counter format with a plus sign. For example, <A+> i
.means add 1 to the corresponding <A> counter.
To insert a tab stop, use \t
!Numbering properties (continued)
Character
Specifies the character format for the autonumbers. The format you
/Format
specify must be in the Catalog.
Position
Indicates where the autonumber should appear.
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