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• #HOW TO VERTICALLY ALIGN TEXT INDESIGN FULL#

Each click increases the value by 1 point holding down the Shift while clicking increases the increment to 1 pica. You can also use the up and down cursor keys. Left Indent: Enter a value in this field to move the left edge of selected paragraphs away from the left margin. Using indents is also a handy way of drawing attention to pull quotes and moving text away from a nearby picture. Left and right indents are often used for lengthy passages of quoted material within a column of text.

You can move the edges of paragraphs away from the left and/or right margins and indent the first line using the indent controls in the Paragraph pane. Most publications standardize on one of these two alignments for their body copy, and one factor in your decision may be how much copy you need to squeeze in. Left-aligned paragraphs typically fit fewer characters per line than justified paragraphs. (The hand pointer is displayed when the pointer is over a pane button.) You can also use the keyboard shortcuts in the preceding list. To apply a paragraph alignment to selected paragraphs, click on one of the icons.

#HOW TO VERTICALLY ALIGN TEXT INDESIGN FULL#

So use Center Justify, Right Justify, and Full Justify options sparingly, in special situations where the reader won't be confused ‚ typically in brief copy like ads and pull-quotes. By changing the position of that last line, you can confuse your reader. People expect justified text to have the last line aligned left, and the space at the end of the line is a marker that the paragraph has ended. These last three options are rarely used, and for good reason. The fewer the characters on the last line, the greater the spacing. This option can produce very widely spaced last lines. Right Justify: This is the same as Left Justify except that the last line is right-aligned.įull Justify (Shift+ z +F or Ctrl+Shift+F): This is the same as Left Justify except that the last line is also forcibly justified. Aligning the last line flush left is the traditional way of ending a paragraph.Ĭenter Justify: This is the same as Left Justify except that the last line is center-aligned. Justified text is nearly always hyphenated (if you don't hyphenate justified text, spacing between letters and words is very inconsistent). The flush-left/flush-right results are produced by sprinkling the extra space of each line between characters and/or words or by reducing space between characters and/or words to accommodate additional characters (more about justification later in this chapter). Left Justify (Shift+ z +J or Ctrl+Shift+J): In justified text, the left and right ends of each line are flush with the margins. Right-aligned text is sometimes used for such things as captions placed to the left of a picture, blurbs on magazine covers, and advertising copy. Columns of text are seldom set flush right, because it's not as easy to read as flush left text. The right edge is straight the left edge is ragged. The result is that both the left and right edges of the paragraphs are ragged, and the text is balanced along a vertical axis.Īlign Right (Shift+ z +R or Ctrl+Shift+R): This is a mirror opposite of Align Left. One-half of the leftover space is placed on the left end of the line the other half is placed on the right end. (You'll find more about hyphenation and justification later in this chapter.)Īlign Center (Shift+ z +C or Ctrl+Shift+C): To create centered text, the leftover space of each line is divided in half. Similarly, left-aligned text is sometimes hyphenated, sometimes not. Some designers prefer to use this alignment for columns of text because they like the irregular, somewhat organic shapes that result others prefer to align both left and right edges (justify), which produces a more rigid, vertical look. In left-aligned paragraphs, the right margin is said to be ragged because the leftover space at the right end of each line differs from line to line and produces a jagged edge. When a word (or syllable) won't fit at the end of a line, it's placed (flush left) on the next line. Here's a description of each alignment option (the icons do a pretty good job of showing what they do):Īlign Left (Shift+ z +L or Ctrl+Shift+L): Places the left edge of every line at the left margin (the margin can be the frame edge, frame inset, left indent, or column edge) and fits as many words (or syllables, if the hyphenation is turned on) on the line as possible. The seven alignment icons at the top of the Paragraph pane control how line beginnings and endings in selected paragraphs are placed relative to the left and right margins.