User Guide

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ADOBE INCOPY CS2

User Guide

See also

“To use a flush space with justified text” on page 235

“To set automatic hyphenation options for a paragraph” on page 233

“About text composition” on page 236

To change paragraph alignment

1 Select text.

2 Click one of the Alignment buttons (Align Left, Align Center, Align Right, Left Justify, Center Justify, Right Justify

and Full Justify) in the Paragraph palette.

If you want the left side of a line of text to be left-aligned and the right side to be right-aligned, position the insertion

point where you want to right-align the text, press Tab, and then right-align the rest of the line.

To align text toward or away from spines

When you apply Align Towards Spine to a paragraph, text on a left-hand page is right-aligned, but when the same

text flows onto (or if the frame is moved to) a right-hand page, it becomes left aligned. Similarly, when you apply

Align Away from Spine to a paragraph, text on a left-hand page is left-aligned, while text on a right-hand page is

right-aligned.

1 Select text.

2 In the Paragraph palette, click Align Towards Spine or Align Away From Spine.

Aligning paragraphs to a baseline grid

The baseline grid represents the leading for body text in a document. You can use multiples of this leading value for

all elements of the page to ensure that text always lines up between columns and from page to page. For example, if

the body text in your document is 12-point leading, you could make your heading text 18-point leading and add 6

points of space before the paragraphs that follow the headings.

Using a baseline grid ensures consistency in the location of text elements on a page. You can adjust the leading for

the paragraph to ensure that its baselines align to the page’s underlying grid. This is useful if you want the baselines

of text in multiple columns or adjacent text frames to align. You change settings for the baseline grid with the Grids

panel of the Preferences dialog box.

You can also align only the first line of a paragraph to the baseline grid, allowing the rest of the lines to follow the

specified leading values.

To view the baseline grid, choose View > Grids & Guides > Show Baseline Grid.

Note: The baseline grid is visible only if the document zoom level is greater than the view threshold setting in Grids

Preferences. You may need to zoom in to view the baseline grid.