1. Chapter 2 Working with Text

2. Format text Format paragraphs Create and apply styles Edit text Create bulleted and numbered lists Chapter Objectives

3. Use the Character panel to: Modify leading Track and kern text Apply horizontal or vertical scale Perform baseline shift Skew text Format Text

5. Leading is the vertical space between lines of text, measured from the baseline of one line of text to the next Baseline is the imaginary line on which text sits. Format Text

6. Kerning means to increase or decrease the space between a pair of characters. Tracking is like kerning but it is applied to an entire word, sentence or paragraph. Format Text

7. Superscript characters are small characters positioned to the upper-right of a word. A footnote is a superscript. Subscript characters rest below the word. Format Text

8. Example of a superscript Format Text

9. You can underline text and create horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines, which are called rules. You can scale text horizontally and vertically to add dimension to the font size you’ve chosen for your text. Format Text

10. The Paragraph panel is the command center for modifying paragraphs or blocks of text also known as body copy. The Paragraph panel controls text alignment, indents, space before and after paragraphs and drop shadows. Format Paragraphs

12. A drop cap is a design element in which the first letter or letters of a paragraph are increased in size to create a visual effect. A pull quote is a paragraph in which both the left and right indents are larger than the other paragraphs in the same document. Format Paragraphs

13. Widows and orphans are words or single lines of text that become separated from the other lines in a paragraph. Orphans are left alone at the bottom and widows at the top of a page. Use the Paragraph panel to manage widows and orphans. Format Paragraphs

14. A paragraph return, also called a hard return, moves text down and creates a new paragraph. A soft return moves words down to the next baseline but does not create a new paragraph. Format Paragraphs

15. A style is a group of formatting attributes, such as font, font size, color, and tracking, that you can apply to text. Using styles saves time and keeps a consistent look in a document. Create and Apply Styles

17. Use the Character Styles panel to create styles for individual words or characters, such as a footnote. Use the Paragraph Styles panel to apply a style, such as indents and drop caps, to a paragraph. Create and Apply Styles

18. You can make formatting choices or changes to a style in the New Character Style dialog box or the New Paragraph Style dialog box. Create and Apply Styles

19. Set options for styles in the New Character Style dialog box Create and Apply Styles

20. You can set up which style you want to use in the Paragraph Styles panel. You can use the Quick Apply button on the Control panel to access character and paragraph styles easily. Create and Apply Styles

21. QUICKTIP Glyphs are type characters that you won’t find on your keyboard— characters such as trademark and registration mark signs, arrows, cent signs, boxes, and so forth. InDesign makes it easy to find and use glyphs. Click Type on the Menu bar, then click Glyphs to display the Glyphs panel. Click the document window with the Type tool, then double-click the glyph on the Glyphs panel that you wish to insert. Create and Apply Styles

22. Use the Find/Change command to find text in a document and change it to something else. Edit Text

23. Type what you want to find Type what you want to change it to Edit Text

24. Use the Check Spelling dialog box to find and replace misspelled words. Use Dynamic Spelling to allow InDesign to underline words that are misspelled. Use Autocorrect to allow InDesign to correct misspelled words. Edit Text

25. Misspelled word Suggestions Edit Text

26. You can add commonly used words to the User Dictionary by clicking the Add button. Words, such as names, added to the User Dictionary will no longer be flagged as misspelled words. Edit Text

27. Use bulleted and numbered lists to organize information. Each item in a bulleted list is a paragraph. Create Bulleted and Numbered Lists

28. Select a bulleted or numbered list to change its formatting. Create Bulleted and Numbered Lists