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- CONTENTS
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- This section gives help on how to format your
- document so that it appears the way that you
- want.
-
- FORMATTING TEXT CHARACTERS
- - DIFFERENT TEXT STYLES
-
- FORMATTING THE DOCUMENT
-
- FORMATTING PARAGRAPHS
- - ADJUSTING MARGINS
- - ALIGNING AND JUSTIFYING TEXT
- - CHANGING LINE SPACING
- - HYPHENATING TEXT
- - INDENTING LINES AND PARAGRAPHS
- - KEEPING LINES TOGETHER OVER PAGES
- - SPACING BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS
- - SETTING TABS
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- FORMATTING TABLES
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-
-
- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Formatting Text Characters
-
- The "Font Format" requester ( Font command, Format
- menu) is used to change the appearance of selected
- text or any new text you are about to type.
-
- You can change the appearance of your text by:
- ° Using a different font (design of character)
- ° Using a different size
- ° Applying a text style to the character
- (italic, bold, underline)
- ° Using a different colour
- ° Applying typographic functions (such as
- kerning and tracking)
-
- Kerning makes certain pairs of characters overlap
- to give a narrower appearance, but slows down the
- screen speed slightly.
-
- Tracking is used to increase or decrease the
- amount of space between characters.
-
- The RULER TOOLS and the MENUS can both be
- used to change the style, size and font itself.
-
- The "Print Method" ( PRINT SETUP command,
- Project menu) will determine which fonts you can
- use in your document.
-
-
- IMPORTANT
- In the Font pop-up gadgets, you will notice several
- MathsRoman fonts. These fonts contain maths symbols
- which can be used for writing equations, for example.
-
- These fonts cannot be deleted from the list as they
- are stored within hidden files.
-
-
-
- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Different Text Styles
-
- You can apply different text styles to selected
- (highlighted) text by choosing one of the style
- commands from the Format menu. Or click one of
- the style icons on the RULER button bar.
-
- Styles Available:
- ° Plain Text [P] - Turn off all other
- styles, returns text
- to plain style
-
- ° Bold Text [B] - Embolden text to make
- it appear thicker
- (good for headings)
-
- ° Italic Text [I] - Italicise text so that
- it slants to the right
-
- ° Underlined Text [U] - Underline text.
-
- ° Superscript Text - Place text above base
- line of text.
-
- ° Subscript Text - Place text below base
- line of text.
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-
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- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Formatting The Document
-
- The Document command (Format menu) sets the page
- size (for example, A4, US Letter), margins,
- number of columns and if you wish to spread
- objects over pages ("Double Page Spread").
-
- The Landscape option is used to rotate the page
- anticlockwise so that a page can be printed on
- its side (like a banner). This option is only
- available in the Normal "Print Method" ("Print
- Setup", Project menu).
-
- The left, right, top and bottom margins for the
- entire document can be set from this requester.
- If you select facing pages, the margins are
- mirrored onto left pages. For example, the left
- margin becomes the right margin and the right
- becomes the left margin on left (even) pages.
-
- The number of columns used in the entire document
- is specified from this requester, along with the
- gap between each column.
-
- If you wish to have a page with a different
- number of columns, you will need to
- CREATE A TEXT FRAME and specify the number
- of columns for that frame.
-
- Click the Options button to display a requester
- from which you can turn on or off headers and
- footers and set the header and footer margins.
-
- The page numbering style, date and time formats
- can also be set from this Options requester.
-
- PAGE BREAKS , PAGE NUMBERS , DATES ,
- and TIMES can be inserted using Insert
- (Edit menu).
-
-
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- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Formatting Paragraphs
-
- Choose Paragraph (Format menu) to change the
- format of a selected paragraph(s).
-
- The format of a paragraph can be changed in
- several ways:
- ALIGNING AND JUSTIFYING TEXT
- INDENTING LINES AND PARAGRAPHS
- HYPHENATION TEXT
- CHANGING LINE SPACING
- SPACING BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS
- SETTING TABS
- KEEPING LINES TOGETHER OVER PAGES
-
- Alignment, indents and tabs can also be set from
- the RULER .
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-
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- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Adjusting Margins
-
- You can set both document page margins or
- margins within an individual text frame.
-
- To change the page margins, choose Document
- from the Format menu and type your margins
- into the text gadgets.
-
- To change margins within a text frame, select the
- frame, then choose INFORMATION (Object menu)
- and type your margins into the text gadgets.
-
-
-
- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Aligning And Justifying Text
-
- Wordworth aligns text relative to the left and
- right indents set for the paragraph. You can
- align text left, right, centred, or fully
- justified by choosing the PARAGRAPH
- command (Format menu).
-
- You can also align using the second group of
- four icons on the RULER . The icons
- are in the order - Left, Right, Centred, Justify.
-
- Alignment is applied to the current paragraph or
- selected paragraphs.
-
-
- NOTE: A paragraph is text separated by a carriage
- return before or afterwards.
-
-
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- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Changing Line Spacing
-
- Choose PARAGRAPH (Format menu) to set the line
- spacing which is measured in points. Select from
- the "Line Height" gadget or type a specific
- value (Auto sets line spacing appropriate to the
- font size, Loose allows extra space for accents on
- foreign characters).
-
- Auto is the method you should use with Agfa
- Compugraphic Fonts. With Internal Printer Fonts,
- set the line spacing to 6 or 8lpi.
-
- The "Line Spacing" options let you switch between
- Single, Double and 1½ line spaces between each
- line. This is commonly used for educational or
- legal documents.
-
- The RULER can also be used to set the line
- spacing.
-
-
- NOTE: 1½ line spacing cannot be used be used with
- a "Line Height" of 8 lpi.
-
-
-
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- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Hyphenating Text
-
- Choose Hyphenate (Settings menu) to toggle On or
- Off.
-
- Hyphenation automatically hyphenates eligible
- words to improve line breaks.
-
- Hyphenation can be selectively applied to
- paragraphs using the PARAGRAPH command (Format
- menu).
-
-
-
-
- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Indenting Lines And Paragraphs
-
- Indenting changes the width and horizontal
- position of a paragraph relative to the left and
- right page margins. You can indent the first line,
- relative to the subsequent lines of the paragraph.
-
- When you indent paragraphs using the ruler,
- Wordworth automatically updates indent settings
- in the Paragraph requester ( PARAGRAPH command,
- Format menu).
-
- THE RULER indent markers are the two triangles
- on the ruler (Left and First Line Indents) and
- the one triangle on the right (Right Indent).
-
- Drag the lower left triangle to indent the left
- of the paragraph, and to move just the first line
- of the paragraph, drag the upper left triangle.
-
- Drag the right hand triangle to indent the right
- of the paragraph.
-
-
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- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Keeping Lines Together Over Pages
-
- To stop a paragraph being split over a page break,
- select "Keep Lines Together" ( PARAGRAPH command,
- Format menu).
-
-
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- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Spacing Between Paragraphs
-
- You can specify the space between paragraphs by
- typing a value into either the Before or After
- gadgets on the Paragraph requester ( PARAGRAPH
- command, Format menu).
-
- The value is measured in points and a number
- about half the height of the character size is
- usually the best.
-
-
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- * FORMATTING TEXT
- Setting Tabs
-
- There are four tab styles in Wordworth: Left,
- Right, Centre and Decimal. The current tab
- style is highlighted in the . To change
- the style click the appropriate tab icon.
-
- Default tab stops are set on the ruler at
- regular intervals for all paragraphs in a
- document. When you set a tab, Wordworth removes
- all default tab stops to the left of the new tab.
-
- Setting tab stops using the ruler:
- 1. Select paragraph(s) to insert tabs
- 2. Click a tab icon to select the tab style
- 3. Click on the ruler where you want to set
- the tab
-
- To move a tab position, drag the tab across the
- ruler. To remove, drag the tab away from the
- ruler.
-
- You can also set or delete individual tabs, as
- well as specify the default tab stops, from the
- Tab requester (Tab command, Format menu).
-
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- IMPORTANT
- It is not possible to set tabs from within a
- table cell.
-
-
-
- * FORMATTING TABLES
- Formatting Tables
-
- This command allows you to insert and delete any
- number of rows or columns from your selected Table.
-
- Select the table and choose Tables command (Format
- menu), select if you wish to Delete, "Insert Before"
- or "Insert After" the current row/column.
-
- When inserting rows, before means above and after
- means below the current row.
-