MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 350

To control how text spreads across the width of the column, you can align
paragraphs in text columns. You can also add rules between paragraphs to offset
paragraphs visually.
To precisely control how paragraphs align and to fine-tune the length of lines of
justified text, you use the Text Character inspector. You can align text by a ragged
width, spreading it over a column. Ragged width specifies the minimum distance
nonjustified text spreads over a column and is expressed as a percentage of the
column's width. You can also align text with a flush zone that specifies the
justification of the last line of a paragraph.
Use the Text tool to select text or a text block.
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Choose Window > Inspectors > Text, and click the Character button to display
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the Text Character inspector.
Click the Ellipsis (...) button to display the Edit Alignment dialog box.
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In the Edit Alignment dialog box, enter a percentage for Ragged Width to
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justify text, from 0 for no justification to 100 for the full column width. For
example, a value of 95 expands a line to fill 95% of the column width.
Enter a percentage in the Flush Zone text box to specify the point at which the
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last line in a paragraph justifies. For example, if you enter 50%, the last line
justifies only if it is at least 50% as long as the column's width.
Click OK.
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To provide a stronger visual break between paragraphs, you can apply paragraph
rules, or lines below paragraphs. You select the line weight, color, and style for
paragraph rules using the Stroke inspector. In order to display paragraph rules,
you must select the Display Borders option in the Object inspector.
A paragraph rule flows with its paragraph. You can center paragraph rules in the
column or text block, or align paragraph rules to the preceding paragraph.