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Remove a drop cap, Add rules (lines) above or below paragraphs, Add a rule above or below a paragraph

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USING INCOPY CS4 200 Typography Remove a drop cap 1 With the Type tool selected, click in the paragraph where the drop cap appears. 2 In the Paragraph panel or Control panel, type 0 for Drop Cap Number Of Lines or Drop Cap Number Of Characters. Add rules (lines) above or below paragraphs Rules are paragraph attributes that move and are resized along with the paragraph on the page. If you're using a rule with headings in your document, you may want to make the rule part of a paragraph style definition. The width of the rule is determined by the column width. The offset for a rule above a paragraph is measured from the baseline of the top line of text to the bottom of the rule. The offset for a rule below a paragraph is measured from the baseline of the last line of text to the top of the rule. A B Placement of rules A. Rule above paragraph B. Rule below paragraph Add a rule above or below a paragraph 1 Select text. 2 Choose Paragraph Rules from the Paragraph panel menu or Control panel menu. 3 At the top of the Paragraph Rule dialog box, select Rule Above or Rule Below. 4 Select Rule On. Note: If you want both a rule above and below, make sure that Rule On is selected for both Rule Above and Rule Below. 5 Select Preview to see what the rule will look like. 6 For Weight, choose a weight or type a value to determine the thickness of the rule. For Rule Above, increasing the weight expands the rule upwards. For Rule Below, increasing the weight expands the rule downward. 7 Select Overprint Stroke when you want to make sure that the stroke doesn't knock out underlying inks on a printing press. 8 Do one or both of the following: • Choose a color. The available colors are those listed in the Swatches panel. Select the Text Color option to make the rule the same color as the first character in the paragraph for Rule Above and the last character for Rule Below. • Choose a tint or specify a tint value. The tint is based on the color you specified. Note that you can't create tints of the built-in colors None, Paper, Registration, or Text Color. Updated 29 April 2009

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USING INCOPY CS4
Typography
Remove a drop cap
1
With the Type tool
selected, click in the paragraph where the drop cap appears.
2
In the Paragraph panel or Control panel, type
0
for Drop Cap Number Of Lines or Drop Cap Number Of
Characters.
Add rules (lines) above or below paragraphs
Rules are paragraph attributes that move and are resized along with the paragraph on the page. If you’re using a rule
with headings in your document, you may want to make the rule part of a paragraph style definition. The width of the
rule is determined by the column width.
The offset for a rule above a paragraph is measured from the baseline of the top line of text to the bottom of the rule.
The offset for a rule below a paragraph is measured from the baseline of the last line of text to the top of the rule.
Placement of rules
A.
Rule above paragraph
B.
Rule below paragraph
Add a rule above or below a paragraph
1
Select text.
2
Choose Paragraph Rules from the Paragraph panel menu or Control panel menu.
3
At the top of the Paragraph Rule dialog box, select Rule Above or Rule Below.
4
Select Rule On.
Note:
If you want both a rule above and below, make sure that Rule On is selected for both Rule Above and Rule Below.
5
Select Preview to see what the rule will look like.
6
For Weight, choose a weight or type a value to determine the thickness of the rule. For Rule Above, increasing the
weight expands the rule upwards. For Rule Below, increasing the weight expands the rule downward.
7
Select Overprint Stroke when you want to make sure that the stroke doesn’t knock out underlying inks on a printing
press.
8
Do one or both of the following:
Choose a color. The available colors are those listed in the Swatches panel. Select the Text Color option to make the
rule the same color as the first character in the paragraph for Rule Above and the last character for Rule Below.
Choose a tint or specify a tint value. The tint is based on the color you specified. Note that you can’t create tints of
the built-in colors None, Paper, Registration, or Text Color.
B
A
Updated 29 April 2009