IBM Lotus Symphony


Paragraph

In IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ Presentations, sets the alignment, indent and spacing options for the paragraph.

To access this command...

Choose Layout - Properties - Paragraph Properties.

 

Align text

Set the alignment options for the current paragraph. If you want, you can also use the alignment icons on the Context Sensitive ToolBar.

Left

Aligns the paragraph to the left page margin.

Align Left Align Left

Right

Aligns the paragraph to the right page margin.

Align Right Align Right

Center

Centers the contents of the paragraph on the page.

Centered

Align Center Horizontally in Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets

Justified

Aligns the paragraph to the left and to the right page margins.

Justified Justified

Indent

Specify the amount of space to leave between the left and the right page margins and the paragraph.

Before text

Enter the amount by which you want to indent a paragraph from the left edge of the text frame.

After text

Enter the amount by which you want to indent a paragraph from the right edge of the text frame.

First line

Indents the first line of a paragraph by the amount that you enter.

Spacing

Specify the amount of space to leave between selected paragraphs.

Above paragraph

Enter the amount of space that you want to leave above the one or more selected paragraphs.

Below paragraph

Enter the amount of space that you want to leave below the one or more selected paragraphs.

Line spacing

Specify the amount of space to leave between lines of text in a paragraph.

Single

Applies single line spacing to the current paragraph. This is the default setting.

Tip Icon To quickly apply single line spacing, position your cursor in a paragraph, and then press Ctrl+1.

1.5 lines

Sets the line spacing to one and half lines. This corresponds to a vertical space that is half of the font height.

Tip Icon To quickly apply 1.5 line spacing, position your cursor in a paragraph, and then press Ctrl+5.

Double

Sets the line spacing to two lines. This corresponds to a vertical space that is equal to the font height.

Tip Icon To quickly apply double line spacing, position your cursor in a paragraph, and then press Ctrl+2.

Proportional

Select this option and then enter a percentage value in the box, where 100% corresponds to single line spacing.

At Least

Sets the minimum line spacing to the value that you enter in the box.

Tip Icon If you use different font sizes within a paragraph, the line spacing is automatically adjusted to the largest font size. If you prefer to have identical spacing for all lines, specify a value in At least that corresponds to the largest font size.

Leading

Sets the height of the vertical space that is inserted between two lines.

of

Enter the value to use for the line spacing.

Preview Field

Displays a preview of the current selection.


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