Specifying paragraph attributes and tab settingsIn Browse mode, you can format individual paragraphs (including setting tabs) for text in a field. In Layout mode, you can specify paragraph attributes for fields that hold text and for text that's not in a field.Note In both Browse mode and Layout mode, you can use the Format menu to set paragraph and tab settings. In Layout mode, you can also use the Inspector and specify the settings in the Paragraph and Tabs areas of the Appearance tab.
1. In Layout mode, select the text or field you want to format. Or, in Browse mode, select the text you want to format.Note The formatting you specify in Browse mode will be stored with the data, and you will see it in any layout that displays the field. For more information, see Formatting text.
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For Alignment, select an option. Specify paragraph margins and indentation for the first line For Line Spacing, type a value for Height, Above, and Below and choose a unit of measure. The lines unit of measure varies with the font you use and is slightly more than the font height.
Select Left, Center, or Right, type a value for Position to set where the text will align, and then click New. Select Align on and type a character for the text to align to (for example, a “.”), type a value for Position to set where the text will align to that character, then click New. For Fill Character, type a character (for example, for a phone listing, you can fill the area between the name and the telephone number with periods). Select the tab's settings in the scrolling list, change any of the options in the dialog box, then click Set.
6. Click OK.In the horizontal ruler, you see the paragraph settings for the current selection. In Browse mode, you see the current field’s settings. In Layout mode, you see the settings of the selected text.
3. To change paragraph settings, drag a margin marker to set margins and the first-line indent marker to set the first-line indent. When you move the left margin marker, the first-line indent marker also moves unless you press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag either marker.With the field or text selected, in the formatting bar, click one of the following buttons to change alignment:
• You can specify vertical text alignment for text and fields. In Layout mode, choose Format menu > Align Text, then choose Top, Center, or Bottom.
• You can use the ruler to set margins or tabs for text data in Browse mode or for text in Layout mode. You can't use the ruler to format fields in Layout mode, you must use the Paragraph and Tabs dialog boxes.
• To quickly set a left tab, click the ruler where you want the tab stop placed. To delete a tab from the ruler, drag it downward off the ruler.
• (Mac OS) If you have set up tab stops for a field, you need to press Option-Tab to move the insertion point to the next tab stop.