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PARAGRAPH STYLES
Every paragraph of text in a
document is "tagged" with a
paragraph style. Switch to Paragraph
mode and click the mouse pointer on
a paragraph to select it and
highlight the paragraph style name
in the browser.
SWITCHING PARAGRAPH STYLES
To tag a paragraph with a different
style, select it and click on
another style name in the browser or
use the assigned function key.
CREATING A NEW PARAGRAPH STYLE
To create a new paragraph style,
either select the name of an
existing style in the browser and
click on Paragraph style in the Text
menu, or double-click on the style
name.
When the Paragraph Style form
appears, click on the New style box.
Press [Esc] to delete the old name
and type in the new style name.
DELETING A PARAGRAPH STYLE
To delete a paragraph style, display
the Paragraph Style form and click
on the Delete style box.
Paragraphs tagged with the deleted
style name will reset to Body text.
You cannot delete the Body text
paragraph style!
CHANGING JUSTIFICATION FORMAT
To change the justification format,
display the Paragraph Style form and
click on the Options box. Select the
new format (Justified, Flushed left,
Centred, Flushed right, Table) and
click on OK.
CHANGING BULLETS
A bullet is a heavy dot or other
symbol used before a paragraph to
give it emphasis.
To change the bullet character used
at the beginning of a paragraph,
display the Paragraph Style form and
click on the Options box. Select the
new bullet character and click on
OK.
TURNING HYPHENATION ON OR OFF
To turn hyphenation on or off,
display the Paragraph Style form and
click on the Options box. Select
Hyphenation On or Off and click on
OK.
TURNING LETTER SPACING ON OR OFF
Letter spacing controls the extra
space added between letters when
justifying text.
To turn Letter spacing on or off,
display the Paragraph Style form and
click on the Options box. Select
Letter spacing On or Off and click
on OK.
FONT AND POINT SIZE
To change the font and point size of
a paragraph style, display the
Paragraph Style form and click on
the Font & size box. Select the font
and point size you require and click
on OK.
You can also change font and point
size by selecting the style name in
the browser and choosing Font/size
in the Text menu.
TEXT STYLE
To change the paragraph text style,
select the paragraph style name in
the browser and either choose a
style from the Style menu or use the
keyboard shortcuts.
Any text styles, fonts and point
sizes assigned in Text mode are not
saved as part of the paragraph style
or style sheet.
FUNCTION KEYS
To allocate a function key to a
paragraph style, display the
Paragraph Style form and click on
the Function key box.
Function keys which have already
been assigned will appear dimmed,
but you can re-assign them.
Select a function key and click on
OK.
INDENTS AND MARGINS
To set the amount of space in and
around a paragraph, display the
Paragraph Style form and click on
the Dimensions box. Select the space
above the paragraph, the left and
right indents, the first line
indent, and the leading then click
on OK.
SPACE ABOVE
The Space above setting controls the
amount of space above the paragraph
which determines the spacing between
the previous and current paragraphs.
To edit this space above, display
the Paragraph Style form, select
Dimensions and click the mouse in
the Space above box. Enter the space
you require and click on OK.
LEADING
Leading is the spacing between lines
of text. You can set the leading
manually by clicking in the box and
typing in the required amount.
HANGING INDENTS (1)
To create a "hanging" indent, select
Dimensions from the Paragraph Style
form. Set the First line left indent
value to less than the Left indent
and the first line will "hang" on
the left from the rest of the
paragraph.
HANGING INDENTS (2)
To insert a character before the
paragraph, insert the text cursor at
the beginning of the paragraph in
Text mode. Type in the character,
then press [Tab] to move the cursor
to the Left indent position and
carry on typing.
WORD SPACING
To set the word spacing in a
paragraph, display the Paragraph
Style form and click on the Word
spacing box. Select the minimum and
maximum amount of space between each
word, and the size of the
hyphenation "hot zone", then click
on OK. (The hot zone is the area at
the end of a line where hyphenation
is allowed to occur if hyphenation
is switched on.)
MONOSPACING
To ensure that spaces between words
in a monospaced font are not
stretched, display the Paragraph
Style form, click on Options and
switch Monospacing On.
SETTING TABS (1)
If you have chosen Table as your
justification format, set your tab
stops by displaying the Paragraph
Style form and clicking on Set tabs.
You can set up to 14 left, centre,
right or decimal tab stops according
to their width or position. You can
choose the type of leader character
to be used and the spacing between
these characters.
SETTING TABS (2)
Alternatively, you can set one tab
and copy the same setting to all the
other tab positions.
See the User manual for details of
how to make the most of tabs.