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Adjustable alignments, spacings, and indents are used to organize text according to your preferences. Use them to organize the text as you like.

By default, some text parameters are preset. To change them while editing the file, select the text you want to change the settings of before executing the commands.

Line spacing

Line spacing is the vertical space between the lines of a paragraph. You can adjust the spacing for the entire text or for individual paragraphs.

You can set line spacing parameters before entering the text. The text entered after the place where the cursor is positioned will be displayed with the line spacing according to your preferences.

To adjust the line spacing, do the following:

1.Select the text where you want to change the line spacing.

2.On the Toolbar, click the button which displays the current line spacing. Or select Format > Paragraph > Line spacing.

3.In the drop-down list, select the line spacing you want to apply.

Paragraph spacing and indents

When selecting the paragraph settings, you can adjust the following:

Left or right indent

Top or bottom indent

First line indent

You can set the paragraph spacing and indents before entering the text. The text entered after the place where the cursor is positioned will be displayed with the paragraph spacing and indents according to your preferences.

To quickly increase the left or right indent of a paragraph, do one the following:

Use К_Уменьшить отступ Decrease indent or К_Увеличить отступ Increase indent buttons on the Toolbar. When clicking these buttons, the indent is increased or reduced by 1.25 cm.In the Command menu, select Format > Paragraph.

To change the indent of one paragraph, place the cursor anywhere in that paragraph. To change the indent of several paragraphs, select these paragraphs.

To set the exact paragraph spacings and indents, do the following:

1.On the Toolbar, click К_Абзац Paragraph.

2.In the opened menu, specify the desired values:

First Line: The distance from the left margin of the document to the first line in the paragraph taking into account the indent on the left.

Left Indent: The distance from the left margin of the document to the paragraph.

Right Indent: The distance from the right margin of the document to the paragraph.

Spacing Before: The distance from the previous paragraph.

Spacing After: The distance to the next paragraph.

Horizontal alignment

To align text horizontally, do the following:

1.Select the text that you want to align.

2.On the Format menu, select Alignment. Or on the Toolbar, select one of the following buttons:

К_ВТпЛК Left: Align the selected piece of text with the left margin of the page.

К_ВТпЦ Center: Align the selected piece of text to the center of the page.

К_ВТпПК Right: Align the selected piece of text with the right margin of the page.

К_ВТпШ Justify: Align the selected piece of text with the page width.

If the web browser window is not fully expanded, the buttons with alignment commands can be merged and take a compact view: К_Выравнивание_общая.

Vertical alignment

To align the content of a text box vertically, do the following:

1.Select the text box or start editing the text box content.

2.On the Format menu, select Alignment. Or on the Toolbar, select one of the following buttons:

knpk_up Top: Align text with the top edge of the text box.

knpk_mid Middle: Align text to the middle of the text box.

knpk_down Bottom: Align text with the bottom edge of the text box.

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