To Align And Justify Text; To Indent And Space Paragraphs - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

To align and justify text

You can align text to one edge of a paragraph (left, center, or right for horizontal text; top, center, or bottom for
vertical text) and justify text to both edges of a paragraph. Alignment options are available for both point text and
paragraph text; justification options are available only for paragraph text.
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To specify alignment, in the Paragraph panel, click an alignment option:
Aligns horizontal text to the left, leaving the right edge of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns horizontal text to the center, leaving both edges of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns horizontal text to the right, leaving the left edge of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns vertical text to the top, leaving the bottom edge of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns vertical text to the center, leaving both the top and bottom edges of the paragraph ragged.
Aligns vertical text to the bottom, leaving the top edge of the paragraph ragged.
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To specify justification for paragraph text, in the Paragraph panel, click a justification option:
Justifies all horizontal lines except the last, which is left-aligned.
Justifies all horizontal lines except the last, which is center-aligned.
Justifies all horizontal lines except the last, which is right-aligned.
Justifies all horizontal lines including the last, which is force-justified.
Justifies all vertical lines except the last, which is top-aligned.
Justifies all vertical lines except the last, which is center-aligned.
Justifies all vertical lines except the last, which is bottom-aligned.
Justifies all vertical lines including the last, which is force-justified.

To indent and space paragraphs

Indentation specifies the amount of space between text and the bounding box or line that contains the text. Inden-
tation affects only the selected paragraph or paragraphs, so you can easily set different indentations for paragraphs.
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To indent paragraphs, enter a value in the Paragraph panel for an indentation option:
Indents text from the left edge of the paragraph. For vertical text, this option controls the inden-
Indent Left Margin
tation from the top of the paragraph.
Indents text from the right edge of the paragraph. For vertical text, this option controls the
Indent Right Margin
indentation from the bottom of the paragraph.
Indents the first line of text in the paragraph. For horizontal text, the first line indent is relative to
Indent First Line
the left indent; for vertical text, the first line indent is relative to the top indent. To create a first line hanging inden-
tation, enter a negative value.
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To change space above or below paragraphs, enter a value in the Paragraph panel for Space Before
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