Adobe 65009333 User Guide - Page 205

USING INCOPY CS4 199 Typography Adjust paragraph spacing You can control the amount of space between paragraphs. If a paragraph begins at the top of a column or frame, InCopy does not insert extra space before the paragraph. In such a case, you can increase the leading of the first line of the paragraph or increase the top inset of the text frame in InDesign. 1 Select text. 2 In the Paragraph panel or the Control panel, adjust the appropriate values for Space Before and Space After . To ensure formatting consistency, change paragraph spacing in the paragraph styles you define. See also "Add paragraph and character styles" on page 167 Use drop caps You can add drop caps to one or more paragraphs at a time. The drop cap's baseline sits one or more lines below the baseline of the first line of a paragraph. You can also create a character style that can be applied to the drop-cap characters. For example, you can create a tall cap (also called a raised cap) by specifying a 1-line, 1-character drop cap and applying a character style that increases the size of the first letter. A fter breakfast I wan man and guess out but Jim didn't want bad luck; and besides, he ha'nt us; he said a man th likely to go a-ha'nting a planted and comfortab reasonable, so I didn't sa After breakfast guess out want to. He said it would fe come and ha'nt us; he said to go a-ha'nting around th That sounded pretty reaso keep from studying over i and what they done it for. One-character, three-line drop cap (left), and five-character, two-line drop cap (right) See also "Drop caps and nested styles" on page 174 "Apply a character style to a drop cap" on page 174 Create a drop cap 1 With the Type tool selected, click in the paragraph where you want the drop cap to appear. 2 In the Paragraph panel or Control panel, type a number for Drop Cap Number Of Lines to indicate the number of lines you want the drop cap to occupy. 3 For Drop Cap One Or More Characters , type the number of drop cap characters you want. 4 To apply a character style to the drop cap character, choose Drop Caps And Nested Styles from the Paragraph panel menu, and then choose the character style you created. You can also use the Drop Caps And Nested Styles dialog box to align the drop cap to the text edge, reducing the amount of space on the left side of the drop cap, and adjust for drop cap letters with descenders, such as "g" and "y." If you want to resize, skew, or change the typeface of the drop cap letter for added effect, select the letter or letters and make the formatting changes. Updated 29 April 2009