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You
can define paragraph properties for text objects, object captions,
and data values. To define these properties, you must first select
the object.
The Paragraph palette contains all of the paragraph properties
available in Designer. You can define these paragraph properties
in the Paragraph palette:
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Alignment and spread
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Lists
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Indentation
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Line spacing
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Hyphenation
You can use the Text Formatting toolbar to quickly access the
most common paragraph formatting commands.
To align paragraphs
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Select
the text you want to change or select the object. If Edit > Lock
Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To edit the
caption and data value, in the Paragraph palette, click the Currently
Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, in the Paragraph palette, click
the Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, in the Paragraph palette, click
the Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Value.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To align text
left of right, in the Paragraph palette, click Align Left or Align Right.
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To center text, in the Paragraph palette, click Align Center.
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To justify text, in the Paragraph palette, click Justify.
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To align text to the top of the area reserved for the caption
and value, in the Paragraph palette, click Align Top.
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To align text to the middle of the area reserved for the
caption and value, in the Paragraph palette, click Align Middle.
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To align text to the bottom of the area reserved for the
caption and value, in the Paragraph palette, click Align Bottom.
To create a bulleted list
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Select the text that you want to add
bullets to, and then click Bulleted List.
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To select a bullet style, click the arrow next to Bullets.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To increase
the list indentation, click Increase Indent.
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To decrease the list indentation, click Decrease Indent.
To create a numbered list
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Select the text that you want to add numbering
to, and then click Numbered List.
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To select a number style, click the arrow next to Numbered
List.
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Specify the starting number in the Start box.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To increase
the list indentation, click Increase Indent.
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To decrease the list indentation, click Decrease Indent.
To add compound tags to a numbered list
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Click
anywhere within the numbered list.
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Select the Compound Tags checkbox.
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Select the items in the numbered list that you want to apply
the compound tags to, and then click Increase Indent.
For example, in the following list:
1. Item A.
2. Item B.
3. Item C
4. Item D
increasing the indent of Item B and Item C, results in the following
numbered list:
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1. Item A.
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1.1. Item B.
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1.2. Item C
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2. IItem D
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To change the indentation of paragraphs
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Select
the text you want to change or select the object. If Edit > Lock
Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To edit the
caption and data value, in the Paragraph palette, click the Currently
Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, in the Paragraph palette, click
the Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, in the Paragraph palette, click
the Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Value.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To increase
or decrease the left indent of text, in the Paragraph palette, under
Indents, enter the indent you want in the Left box.
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To change the right indent of text, in the Paragraph palette,
under Indents, enter the indent you want in the Right box.
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To create a first-line indent, in the Paragraph palette,
in the First list, select First Line. In the By box, type the measurement
to indent.
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To create a hanging indent, in the Paragraph palette, in
the First list, select Hanging. In the By box, type the measurement
to indent.
To change the spacing of paragraphs
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Select
the text you want to change or select the object. If Edit > Lock
Text is enabled, double-click the text.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To edit the
caption and data value, in the Paragraph palette, click the Currently
Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption and Value.
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To edit only the caption, in the Paragraph palette, click
the Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Caption.
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To edit only the data value, in the Paragraph palette, click
the Currently Editing palette menu and select Edit Value.
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Do one of the following actions:
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To change
the spacing before or after text, in the Paragraph palette, under Spacing,
enter the spacing you want in the Above or Below box.
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To space lines, in the Paragraph palette, from the Line Spacing
list, select an option.
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