User Guide
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ADOBE INCOPY CS2
User Guide
To add rules above or below paragraphs
Rulesare paragraphattributesthatmoveand areresized alongwiththe paragraphonthe page.Ifyou’reusing arule
with headings in your document, you may want to make the rule part of the 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.
Rules are positioned accurately to within 0.001 point.
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Measure of offset rule
A. Rule above paragraph B. Rule below paragraph
1 Using the Type tool , click an insertion point in the desired paragraph or select the paragraphs you want to
change.
2 Choose Paragraph Rules in the Paragraph palette menu.
3 At the top of the Paragraph Rules dialog box, select Rule Above or Rule Below.
4 Select Rule On.
Note: If you want a rule above and a rule below, make sure Rule On is selected for both Rule Above and Rule Below.
5 Select Preview to see what the rule looks like.
6 For Weight, choose a weight or type a value for the thickness of the rule. For Rule Above, increasing the weight
expands the rule upward. For Rule Below, increasing the weight expands the rule downward.
7 Select Overprint Stroke if you want to make sure that the stroke doesn’t knock out underlying inks on a printing
press.
8 Do any of the following:
• Choose a color. The available colors are those listed in the Swatches palette. Select the Text Color option to make
therulethe same colorasthe firstcharacter in theparagraph forRuleAbove andthe last characterfor Rule Below.
• Specify a tint value. The tint is based on the color you chose. Note that you can’t create tints of the built-in colors
None, Paper, Registration, or Text Color.
• If you specified any line type other than solid, choose a gap color or gap tint to change the appearance of the area
between dashes, dots, or lines.
9 Choose the width of the rule. You can choose either Text (from the left edge of text to the line end) or Column
(from the left edge of the column to the right edge of the column). If the left edge of the frame has a column inset,
the rule begins at the inset.