The Text > Styling options of a Content Rule allow you to define which local-override styling options are available to a user.
NOTE: The options mirror those of the Adobe® InDesign® palettes of the same names.
Character Palette
The Character Palette contains the following styling options:
- Font: The font of the selected characters can be changed. Please note that the font name must be typed, as there is no drop-down menu.
- Typeface: The font face of the selected characters can be changed. Please note that the font typeface must be typed, as there is no drop-down menu.
- All Caps: The selected characters will be displayed as upper-case characters.
- Small Caps: The selected characters will be displayed as smaller, upper-case characters.
- Superscript: The selected characters will appear smaller, and be located above the baseline.
- Subscript:The selected characters will appear smaller, and be located at or below the baseline.
- Underline: The selected characters will be underlined.
- Strikethru: The selected characters will be displayed with a line through them.
- Size: Adjust the character size.
- Leading: Adjust the space between lines of text.
- Kerning: Adjust the space between certain characters in a line of text, using their natural shape and slope to improve their appearance and create a smooth flow of movement for the eye.
- Tracking: Tracking adjusts the character spacing in the selected text. You can change it to enhance readability, or to fit more text.
- Vertical Scale: Adjust the height of individual characters.
- Horizontal Scale: Adjust the width of individual characters.
- Baseline shift: Raise or lower a character relative to the baseline.
- Skew: Slant text along its horizontal axis.
- Language: Adjust the language setting of selected text.
Paragraph Palette
The Paragraph Palette contains the following styling options:
- Alignment: Paragraph alignment options are described below.
- Left Indent: Tab size for a left indent.
- Right Indent: Tab size for a right indent.
- First Line Indent: Tab size for the indent of a line following a paragraph character.
- Last Right Indent: Tab size for the indent of a line before a paragraph character.
- Space Before: The size of the blank space before a paragraph begins.
- Space After: The size of the blank space after a paragraph ends.
- Drop Cap Lines: Define the number of lines by which the character should be dropped. This value includes the line on which the text resides.
- Drop Cap Characters: Define the number of drop cap letters here.
- Hyphenation: Enable or disable hyphenation for the paragraph.
- Grid Align Default: Columns of text won't be aligned to the baseline grid.
- Grid Align Baseline: Columns of text will be aligned to the baseline grid.
- Composer: Change the composer used for the paragraph.
- Balance Lines: Balance the length of lines so that none are too long/short relative to the others.
Paragraph Palette > Alignment
The Paragraph Palette > Alignment section contains the following styling options:
- Left: Paragraph text will be left-aligned.
- Center: Paragraph text will be aligned to the center of the text frame.
- Right: Paragraph text will be right-aligned.
- Justify Left: Paragraph text will be aligned to both sides of a text frame except for the last line, which will be left-aligned.
- Justify Center: Paragraph text will be aligned to both sides of a text frame except for the last line, which will be centered.
- Justify Right: Paragraph text will be aligned to both sides of a text frame except for the last line, which will be right-aligned.
- Justify Full: All paragraph text, including the last line, will be aligned to both sides of a text frame.
- To Spine: Paragraph text on a left-hand page will be right-aligned. Text on a right-hand page will be left-aligned.
- Away from Spine: Paragraph text on a left-hand page will be left-aligned. Text on a right-hand page will be right-aligned.