Paragraph level formatting options will be applied to the current paragraph when nothing is selected. Select the number of paragraphs to apply formatting styles for more than one paragraph.
- Alignment: Specifies the arrangement of lines in the paragraph with respect to the boundary of the paragraph. In Pagemaker alignments are applied with respect to the width of the text object.
- Types of Alignment:
Left: First letters in each line of the paragraph to be aligned. Cursor appears left initially and moves towards right. (KBS: Ctrl+shift+L)
- Right: Last letters in each line of the paragraph to be aligned. Cursor appears right initially and moves towards left. (KBS: Ctrl+shift+R)
- Center: Middle letters in each line of the paragraph to be aligned. Cursor appears center initially and moves towards left while text is extending in both sides. (KBS: Ctrl+shift+C)
- Justify: Both left and right ends of the paragraph to be aligned. Cursor appears left initially and moves towards right. (KBS: Ctrl+shift+J)
Indentation
Line spacing
Paragraph Spacing
Bullets and Numbering
Tab Stop Setting
Indentation: Indent is the space maintaining by the paragraph with respect to the margins
Types of Indents:
Left: space between left margin and all the lines in the paragraph
Right: space between right margin and all the lines in the paragraph
First Line: space between left margin and first line of the paragraph
Hanging: space between left margin and remaining lines except first line
One text object can be split into number of objects and we can also combine individual text objects into single object.
Line Spacing: Space between two lines in the paragraph.
Paragraph Spacing: Space between two paragraphs in the story
Bullets and Numbering: