Paragraph properties in the Paragraph palette

Using the Paragraph palette, you can change the justification, indentation, and line spacing of the selected text.

Align

Sets horizontal alignment options:

Align Left: Left-aligns the caption or value.
Align Center: Center-aligns the caption or value.
Align Right: Right-aligns the caption or value.
Justify: Justifies the caption or value. Full justification is applied to all of the lines except the last line in a multiple-line caption or value (single-line paragraphs cannot be justified).

Radix

Sets the alignment for numeric fields based on the radix (decimal point). This option appears on the Paragraph palette only when a numeric field object is selected.

Important: Numeric fields with a defined radix alignment setting are not supported in PDF forms for Acrobat 6.0.2 and Adobe Reader 6.0.2.

Vertical Alignment

Sets vertical alignment options:

Align Top: Aligns to the top of the area reserved for the caption and value.
Align Middle: Aligns to the middle of the area reserved for the caption and value.
Align Bottom: Aligns to the bottom of the area reserved for the caption and value.

Lists

Sets list options:

Bulleted List: Starts a bulleted list. Click the arrow to choose different bullet styles.
Numbered List: Starts a numbered list. Click the arrow to choose different number styles.
Decrease Indent: Decreases the indent level of the list.
Increase Indent: Increases the indent level of the list.
Start: Sets the start number for the selected item in the numbered list.
Compound Tags: Creates a multi-level numbered list.

First

Sets the first line indentation:

None: Indents all lines by the same amount.
First line: Indents the first line only.
Hanging: Indents all lines except the first.

By

Sets the amount of the first line or hanging indentation.

Spacing

Sets the amount of space above and below the paragraph:

Above: Sets the amount of vertical space above the paragraph. This value is added to any value specified in the Below box.
Below: Sets the amount of vertical space below the paragraph. This value is added to any value specified in the Above box.

Line Spacing

Sets the amount of space between lines:

Single: Makes the line height equivalent to the height of the tallest character in the line.
1.5 Lines: Makes the line height one and a half times the height of the tallest character in the line.
Double Line: Makes the line height twice the height of the tallest character in the line.
Exactly: Makes the line height equivalent to the setting in the At box.

Hyphenate

Adds or removes hyphenation in individual objects (text objects, the caption area of objects such as text fields, decimal fields, numeric fields, and signature fields, and the value area of text field objects). Use the Hyphenate option to manually adjust the layout of text on an object-by-object basis. This option is available when you select Allow Hyphenation in Text and Field Captions, or Allow Hyphenation in Text Field Values, or both.