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ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3 92 User Guide Positioning text on the page To position text on your page, you can add paragraph spacing, align text, or change indentation. Note: For information about formatting text to change its appearance, see "Changing text appearance on the page" on page 87. Adding paragraph spacing Contribute works similarly to many word processing application: you press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh) to create a paragraph. Web browsers automatically insert a blank line of space between paragraphs. You can add a single line of space between paragraphs by inserting a line break. To add a paragraph return: 1 In your draft, place the insertion point at the end of a paragraph. 2 Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh). To add a line break, do one of the following: 1 In your draft, place the insertion point where you want the line break to appear. 2 Do one of the following: • Select Insert > Line Break. • Press Shift+Enter (Windows) or Shift+Return (Macintosh). Aligning text You can select one of four text alignment options: Left, Center, Right, and Justify. To change text alignment: 1 In your draft, select text, or place the insertion point in the text. Note: Contribute applies alignment to the entire paragraph, even if you select specific text in the paragraph. 2 Do one of the following: • Click one of the alignment buttons in the text formatting toolbar. • Select Format > Align, and then select an alignment from the pop-up menu. The text alignment changes in your draft. Indenting text In Contribute you can indent or outdent a paragraph. You can indent or outdent the same paragraph multiple times, further increasing or decreasing the space at the beginning of the text. Indenting and outdenting affects the right margin as well as the left. To indent or outdent text: 1 In your draft, select the text you want to change or place the insertion point in the text. 2 Do one of the following: • Click the Indent or Outdent button in the text formatting toolbar.

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ADOBE CONTRIBUTE CS3
User Guide
92
Positioning text on the page
To position text on your page, you can add paragraph spacing, align text, or change indentation.
Note:
For information about formatting text to change its appearance, see “Changing text appearance on the page” on
page 87.
Adding paragraph spacing
Contribute works similarly to many word processing application: you press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh)
to create a paragraph. Web browsers automatically insert a blank line of space between paragraphs. You can add a
single line of space between paragraphs by inserting a line break.
To add a paragraph return:
1
In your draft, place the insertion point at the end of a paragraph.
2
Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
To add a line break, do one of the following:
1
In your draft, place the insertion point where you want the line break to appear.
2
Do one of the following:
Select Insert > Line Break.
Press Shift+Enter (Windows) or Shift+Return (Macintosh).
Aligning text
You can select one of four text alignment options: Left, Center, Right, and Justify.
To change text alignment:
1
In your draft, select text, or place the insertion point in the text.
Note:
Contribute applies alignment to the entire paragraph, even if you select specific text in the paragraph.
2
Do one of the following:
Click one of the alignment buttons in the text formatting toolbar.
Select Format > Align, and then select an alignment from the pop-up menu.
The text alignment changes in your draft.
Indenting text
In Contribute you can indent or outdent a paragraph. You can indent or outdent the same paragraph multiple times,
further increasing or decreasing the space at the beginning of the text. Indenting and outdenting affects the right
margin as well as the left.
To indent or outdent text:
1
In your draft, select the text you want to change or place the insertion point in the text.
2
Do one of the following:
Click the Indent or Outdent button in the text formatting toolbar.