User Guide

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ADOBE INCOPY CS2

User Guide

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Tabs palette

A. Tab alignment buttons B. Tab position C. Tab leader box D. Align On box E. Tab ruler F. Snap palette above frame

1 To see the effect of changing tab settings, choose View > Layout View.

2 Using the Type tool, click in the paragraph you want to format.

3 Choose Type > Tabs.

If the top of the frame is visible, the Tabs palette snaps to the current text frame and matches its width to the current

column.

To align the Tabs palette ruler with your text

1 In Layout View, scroll through your document to display the top of the content.

2 Click the magnet icon on the Tabs palette. The Tabs palette snaps to the top of the column that includes the

selection or the insertion point.

To set tabs

You can set left, center, right, and decimal or special-character tabs. When you use the special-character tab, you can

set a tab to align to any character you choose, such as a colon or a dollar sign.

1 Using the Type tool , click an insertion point in the paragraph.

2 Press the Tab key. Add tabs in the paragraphs where you want to add horizontal space. (You can also add tabs after

you create your tab settings.)

Using tabs to align text

3 To specify which paragraphs will be affected, select a paragraph or a group of paragraphs.

Note: In Galley view and Story view, adding a tab at the beginning of the paragraph indents the text the same amount,

regardless of the tab position. Layout view shows the actual distance of the tab.

4 For the first tab, click a tab-alignment button (left, right, center, or decimal) in the Tabs palette to specify how text

will align to the tab’s position.