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Last updated 6/6/2015

2 In the Paragraph panel or Control panel, type a number for Drop Cap Number Of Lines to indicate the number

of lines you want the drop cap to occupy.

3 For Drop Cap One Or More Characters , type the number of drop cap characters you want.

4 To apply a character style to the drop cap character, choose Drop Caps And Nested Styles from the Paragraph panel

menu, and then choose the character style you created.

You can also use the Drop Caps And Nested Styles dialog box to align the drop cap to the text edge, reducing the

amount of space on the left side of the drop cap, and adjust for drop cap letters with descenders, such as “g” and “y.”

If you want to resize, skew, or change the typeface of the drop cap letter for added effect, select the letter or letters and

make the formatting changes.

Remove a drop cap

1 With the Type tool selected, click in the paragraph where the drop cap appears.

2 In the Paragraph panel or Control panel, type 0 for Drop Cap Number Of Lines or Drop Cap Number Of Characters.

Add rules (lines) above or below paragraphs

Rules are paragraph attributes that move and are resized along with the paragraph on the page. If you’re using a rule

with headings in your document, you may want to make the rule part of a paragraph style definition. The width of the

rule is determined by the column width.

The offset for a rule above a paragraph is measured from the baseline of the top line of text to the bottom of the rule.

The offset for a rule below a paragraph is measured from the baseline of the last line of text to the top of the rule.

A Rule above paragraph B Rule below paragraph

Michael Murphy provides a video tutorial about creating special effects using paragraph rules at Paragraph Rules Rule.

Creative Curio provides an article about creative uses of paragraph rules at Creative Uses for Paragraph Rules in

InDesign, Pt 1.

Add a rule above or below a paragraph

1 Select text.

2 Choose Paragraph Rules from the Paragraph panel menu or Control panel menu.

3 At the top of the Paragraph Rule dialog box, select Rule Above or Rule Below.

4 Select Rule On.

Note: If you want both a rule above and below, make sure that Rule On is selected for both Rule Above and Rule Below.

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