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- Setting tabs
- Adding a rule above a paragraph
- Exploring on your own
From the book
Adding a rule above a paragraph
From the book
From the book
From the book
Adding a rule above a paragraph
You can add a rule, or line, above or below a paragraph. The advantage to using rules rather than simply drawing a line is that rules can be applied with a paragraph style, and they travel with the paragraph when text reflows. For example, you might use both a rule above and rule below in a paragraph style for pull quotes.
Here you’ll add a rule above the author bio at the end of the story.
- Scroll to view the third column on the right-facing page, which contains the author bio.
- Using the Type tool (
),
click to place an insertion
point in the author bio. - Choose Paragraph Rules from the Paragraph panel menu.
- At the top of the Paragraph Rules dialog box, choose Rule Above from the menu, and select Rule On to activate the rule.
- Select the Preview option. Move the dialog box so that you can see the paragraph.
- In the Paragraph Rules dialog box, set these options:
- From the Weight menu, choose 1 pt.
- From the Color menu, choose the mustard-colored swatch (C=12 M=0 Y=79 K=6).
- From the Width menu, choose Column.
- In the Offset box, type p9.
- Click OK to apply the changes.
- To view your results:
- Choose Edit > Deselect All.
- Choose View > Fit Spread In Window.
- Choose Preview from the Screen
Mode menu (
)
in the Application bar at
the top of the screen. - Press the Tab key to hide all panels.
- Choose File > Save.
)
A mustard yellow rule now appears above the author bio.
Congratulations, you have finished the lesson. To finalize this article, you would likely spend time with an editor or proofreader to fix any tight or loose lines, awkward line breaks, widows, and orphans.