Paragraph Submenu

Paragraph Form

A palette that provides control over the typeset appearance of a paragraph.

Tabs

Create and manage tab settings, including spacing and tab leaders.

Text Alignment

There are 5 menu items that control alignment and typesetting of text. Text may be aligned with an even margin on the left, or right. Centered alignment centers each line horizontally in the enclosing text box. Justify will adjust typesetting spacings to provide an even text margin on both the left and right side.

Only one of the Left, Right, Justify, or Center selections is possible for a given selection of text.

Text Flow

The "FLow" selection for alignment will cause text to flow around other graphics on the drawing. Text flows around graphics that are "in front" of the text. Graphics that are "to the back" of the text will not impact text flow. The Send Menu is used to control the front/back relative positioning of graphics.

A graphic must be Filled if text is to fully flow around the graphic. If the graphic is not filled, text will flow around the outline path of the graphic rather than the graphic as a whole.

Text that is Inserted in another graphic may also flow around other graphics. Geometric logic is applied to combine the solid content of other graphics and the bounding path of the containing graphic.

Paste: Form or Tabs

These menus will paste (apply) the Paragraph Form, or Tabs attributes to selected text, or text boxes. There are no corresponding copy special commands; use the standard Copy command (on the Edit main menu) to place the desired Paragraph or Tabs attributes on the system Clip Board.