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GCqvF‖Drop Caps

FAZx7‖Formats the first letter of a paragraph with a large capital letter, that can span several lines. The paragraph must span at least as many lines as you specify in the Lines box.

To access this command...

GA9eA‖Choose Format - Paragraph - Drop Caps tab.

n5PsU‖Choose View - Styles - open context menu New/Edit Style - Drop Caps tab.


gHCgD‖Settings

rD4Cj‖Display drop caps

QTU6Z‖Applies the drop cap settings to the selected paragraph.

R7EgC‖Whole word

RFDrW‖Displays the first letter of the first word in the paragraph as a drop cap, and the remaining letters of the word as large type.

L59H9‖Number of characters

kbhVs‖Enter the number of characters to convert to drop caps.

ekYiG‖Lines

2MdJ5‖Enter the number of lines that you want the drop cap to extend downward from the first line of the paragraph. Shorter paragraphs will not get drop caps. The selection is limited to 2-9 lines.

TE5oy‖Space to text

UyC28‖Enter the amount of space to leave between the drop caps and the rest of the text in the paragraph.

WXdAt‖Contents

GWLFZ‖Text

NX4uM‖Enter the text that you want to display as drop caps instead of the first letters of the paragraph.

othdq‖Character Style

eHDQa‖Select the formatting style that you want to apply to the drop caps. To use the formatting style of the current paragraph, select [None].

JXBBr‖Preview Field

9XAEb‖Displays a preview of the current selection.

vTQBi‖Reset

Fm6tQ‖Resets changes made to the current tab to those applicable when this dialog was opened.