IBM Lotus Symphony


Setting paragraph properties

You can set the paragraph properties, such as alignment, indentation, and spacing, for the selected text in the Paragraph section of the Properties panel. The Paragraph section is enabled when you edit paragraphs in IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ Documents and Lotus Symphony Presentations. It is available in Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets when you edit text in a text box.

  1. Select the paragraph that you want to edit.
  2. Set the paragraph properties for the selection in the Paragraph section of the Properties panel.
    1. Click the Horizontal Alignment icons to align the selected paragraph horizontally. If you edit a paragraph in a table or a text box, you can also set vertical alignment options by clicking the Vertical Alignment icons.
    2. Click the Numbering or Bullets icon to select the format that you need from the list.
    3. Click the Paragraph Background icon to set the background color for the paragraph. This property is only available in Lotus Symphony Documents.
    4. Enter the amount of space that you want to leave above the selected paragraph in the Above Paragraph Spacing field Above Paragraph Spacing. Enter the amount of space that you want to leave below the selected paragraph in the Below Paragraph Spacing field Below Paragraph Spacing. You can also click the Increase Spacing or Decrease Spacing icon to change the space between paragraphs.
    5. Click the Line Spacing icon Line Spacing to display a list. You can specify the line spacing of text in the paragraph by selecting an option from the list.
    6. Enter the amount by which to indent a paragraph from the left edge of the text frame in the Before Text Indent field. Enter the amount by which to indent a paragraph from the right edge of the text frame in the After Text Indent field. Enter the amount by which to indent the first line the paragraph in the First Line Indent field.
    7. Click the Increase Indent or Decrease Indent icon to change the indent amount before the paragraph.
    8. Click the Hanging Indent icon to apply hanging indent formatting to the selected paragraph.
  3. Optional: Click the More options icon More in the upper-right corner of the Paragraph section to open the Paragraph window. You can set other paragraph properties, such as text flow and Asian typography for the selected text.

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