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To set letter and word spacing parameters, click the Spacing
tab to bring it to the front, if necessary. Set the minimum, desired,
and maximum spacing in the Letter and Word areas. Specify each
setting as a percentage of the current spacing. The desired spacing
must be greater than the minimum and less than the maximum. The
maximum spacing cannot be less than the minimum.
Canvas will try to adjust spacing to the desired percentage, but might
not be able to depending on minimum line width and justification set-
tings. In these cases, Canvas will then try to adjust the spacing within
the minimum and maximum percentages you specify. However, if
the minimum and maximum spacing parameters are still in conflict
with minimum line width or full justification settings, Canvas will
ignore the spacing parameters.
To change the spacing of a paragraph by a set amount, you can set the
minimum, desired, and maximum percentages to the same value.
This has a similar effect to kerning the entire paragraph.
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Click Apply to implement the settings.
Automatic hyphenation
Canvas can insert a hyphen in the last word of a line to give text
objects a more balanced, even appearance. You can also control the
hyphenation properties so that Canvas only hyphenates under spe-
cific circumstances.
Note: Hyphenation settings apply to entire paragraphs. To hyphenate
a specific word, you can manually insert a hyphen.
To set hyphenation for paragraphs
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Depending on how you want the hyphenation settings to apply,
do one of the following:
To change existing text, select the paragraphs or text
objects. To set hyphenation for only one paragraph, place
the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph.
To allow Canvas to insert hyphens as you type a new para-
graph, place the insertion point at the beginning of the para-
graph.
To apply hyphenation settings to the preset format, deselect
all objects.
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Configure the hyphenation settings as described below.
Tip
If you applied kerning to
characters within the selec-
tion, Canvas adjusts the
spacing as a percentage of
the kerning.