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Applying formatting to a paragraph

Applying formatting to a paragraph - InDesign Tutorial

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Applying formatting to a paragraph

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- [Instructor] We've already talked about formatting that you can apply to individual characters, such as kerning and underline. Now, let's get into formatting that you can apply to a whole paragraph. First, let's zoom in on the right side here by holding down command + space bar or controlled + space bar on Windows, and just dragging to the right. Now, I'll double-click on this text frame to place my cursor inside this heading. Note that I'm not selecting the entire paragraph. I just have the cursor flashing in there. That's all you need when you apply paragraph formatting. Of course, that's very different than character formatting where you do need to select the characters that you want to change. Now, up here at the top of the screen, you'll notice that the control panel is currently set to character formatting. That's that little button up here that has an A in it. So let's click on the little paragraph…

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