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- Creating Text Frames
- Typing Text
- Selecting Text
- Moving and Deleting Text
- Using the Character Palette
- Setting the Typeface and Point Size
- Styling Text
- Setting Line and Character Spacing
- Applying Text Distortions
- Setting the Language
- Applying Paragraph Formatting
- Setting Alignment and Indents
- Inserting a Manual Indent
- Setting Paragraph Effects
- Working with Hidden Characters
- Using the Glyphs Palette
- Working with Text Flow
- Setting Text Frame General Controls
- Using the Control Palette for Text
- Using Special Text Characters
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Setting Paragraph Effects
The paragraph effects are available when Show Options is chosen in the Paragraph palette menu. One of the paragraph effects
is to add space above and below a paragraph 
. For instance, the space between this paragraph and the one following is controlled by adding space below.
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To add space between paragraphs:
- Select the paragraphs that you want to add space above or below.
- Use the Space Before field controls to add space before the paragraphs
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- Use the Space After field controls to add space after the paragraphs .
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Drop caps increase the size of the first character or characters and positions them so that they drop down into the rest of
the paragraph 
. The opening page for each chapter of this book contains a paragraph that has a drop cap applied.
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To create drop caps:
- Select the paragraph you want to set with a drop cap.
- Use the Drop Cap Number of Lines field to set the number of lines that the letter should occupy
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- Use the Drop Cap Number of Characters field to set how many characters of the text should have the drop cap applied .
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You can also control if the text within a paragraph should be hyphenated 
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To turn on hyphenation:
- Select the paragraphs you want to set the hyphenation for.
- To turn on hyphenation, click the Hyphenate checkbox in the Paragraph palette
. Depending on what words are hyphenated, the text may reflow. (See Chapter 15, “Typography Controls,” for information on controlling the number of hyphens in a paragraph.)
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