Adobe 65009333 User Guide - Page 189

183 Chapter 7: Typography Typography gives visual form to language. AdobeInCopy CS4 gives you the tools you need to set type that suits your content. The fonts you choose and the settings you select for leading and kerning are examples of decisions you can make about the appearance of the text in your document. Formatting text Format text For a video tutorial on formatting characters, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4275_id. For a video tutorial on formatting paragraphs, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4276_id. Use the Character panel and Paragraphs panel to change the appearance of text. In InDesign, you can also use the Control panel to format text. The Control panel is not available in InCopy. Note the following methods of formatting text: • To format characters, you can use the Type tool to select characters, or you can click to place the insertion point, select a formatting option, and then begin typing. • To format paragraphs, you don't need to select an entire paragraph-selecting any word or character, or placing the insertion point in a paragraph will do. You can also select text in a range of paragraphs. • To set the formatting for all future text frames that you'll create in the current document, make sure that the insertion point is not active and that nothing is selected, and then specify text formatting options. To set default text formatting for all new documents, close all documents, and then specify the text settings. See "Set defaults" on page 28. • Select a frame to apply formatting to all text inside it. The frame cannot be part of a thread. • Use paragraph styles and character styles to format text quickly and consistently. For a video tutorial on working with text, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0075. 1 Select the Type tool . 2 Click to place an insertion point, or select the text that you want to format. 3 Choose Type > Paragraph or Type > Character to display the Paragraph or Character panel. 4 Specify formatting options. See also Working with Text video Use Quick Apply Use Quick Apply to find and apply styles, menu commands, scripts, variables, and most other commands that can be found in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box. 1 Select the text or frame to which you want to apply the style, menu command, script, or variable. 2 Choose Edit > Quick Apply, or press Ctrl+Enter (Windows) or Command+Return (Mac OS). Updated 29 April 2009